Barnard is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 2.26 AU to 24,784.51 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 12,393.385 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9998
- Inclination
- 163.85°
- Perihelion
- 2.256 AU
- Aphelion
- 24,784.514 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 312.22°
- Argument of periapsis
- 236.06°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2411160.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -1.788
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 41
- Data arc
- 525 days
- First observed
- 1 April 1889
- Last observed
- 8 September 1890
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1889 G1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB