Winnecke

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-1,585.34 AU

Eccentricity

1.0002

Inclination

147.29°

Perihelion

0.39 AU

Longitude of ascending node

96.59°

Argument of periapsis

90.55°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2404416.87067 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 36.8 LD

0.0945 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

9

Data arc

7 days

First observed

24 November 1870

Last observed

1 December 1870

Residual RMS

1.67 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1870 W1