Brooks is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.84 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 76.25°
- Perihelion
- 0.843 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 84.55°
- Argument of periapsis
- 298.78°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2413488.05270 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 78
- Data arc
- 27 days
- First observed
- 23 November 1895
- Last observed
- 20 December 1895
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1895 W2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB