Tempel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.08 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 101.98°
- Perihelion
- 1.083 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 213.7°
- Argument of periapsis
- 96.32°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2404636.03440 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 185
- Data arc
- 98 days
- First observed
- 14 June 1871
- Last observed
- 20 September 1871
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1871 L1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB