Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.96 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 96.15°
- Perihelion
- 0.956 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 250.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 254.29°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2408762.97540 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 154.3 LD
- 0.3965 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 2 December 1882
- Last observed
- 8 December 1882
- Residual RMS
- 3.9 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1882 R2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB