Tempel is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.91 AU to 497.47 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 249.189 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9964
- Inclination
- 178.13°
- Perihelion
- 0.909 AU
- Aphelion
- 497.468 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 97.67°
- Argument of periapsis
- 151.58°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2402080.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -1.16
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 206
- Data arc
- 78 days
- First observed
- 9 July 1864
- Last observed
- 25 September 1864
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1864 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB