Coddington-Pauly

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-1,741.746 AU

Eccentricity

1.001

Inclination

69.94°

Perihelion

1.702 AU

Longitude of ascending node

75.41°

Argument of periapsis

233.27°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2414547.04238 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 369.1 LD

0.9485 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

130

Data arc

541 days

First observed

14 June 1898

Last observed

7 December 1899

Residual RMS

1.03 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

9 October 2023

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1898 L1