Giacobini

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-169.006 AU

Eccentricity

1.0089

Inclination

166.87°

Perihelion

1.502 AU

Longitude of ascending node

279.66°

Argument of periapsis

22.23°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2414496.29757 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 193.1 LD

0.4963 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

19

Data arc

28 days

First observed

20 June 1898

Last observed

18 July 1898

Residual RMS

1.06 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1898 M1