Tempel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.23 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 111.69°
- Perihelion
- 1.231 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 313.33°
- Argument of periapsis
- 188.19°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2403980.84960 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 31 days
- First observed
- 13 October 1869
- Last observed
- 13 November 1869
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1869 T1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB