Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 2.51 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 80.61°
- Perihelion
- 2.506 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 93.9°
- Argument of periapsis
- 178.61°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2409759.94775 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 580.0 LD
- 1.4904 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 32
- Data arc
- 35 days
- First observed
- 11 July 1885
- Last observed
- 15 August 1885
- Residual RMS
- 1.25 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1885 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB