Brooks-Swift

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-9,819.976 AU

Eccentricity

1.0001

Inclination

78.07°

Perihelion

0.76 AU

Longitude of ascending node

279.77°

Argument of periapsis

110.89°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2408860.95092 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 42.9 LD

0.1103 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

9

Data arc

31 days

First observed

26 February 1883

Last observed

29 March 1883

Residual RMS

0.98 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1883 D1