Brooks is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.63 AU to 198.31 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 99.972 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9837
- Inclination
- 104.27°
- Perihelion
- 1.63 AU
- Aphelion
- 198.314 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 281.51°
- Argument of periapsis
- 159.42°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2410360.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.337
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 288
- Data arc
- 89 days
- First observed
- 24 January 1887
- Last observed
- 23 April 1887
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1887 B2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB