Palisa is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.99 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 77.12°
- Perihelion
- 0.99 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 88.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 115.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2407627.64597 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 117.6 LD
- 0.3021 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 12
- Data arc
- 48 days
- First observed
- 26 August 1879
- Last observed
- 13 October 1879
- Residual RMS
- 1.17 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1879 Q1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB