Reid is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.1 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 69.71°
- Perihelion
- 1.102 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 18.84°
- Argument of periapsis
- 194.91°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2421750.87940 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 34 days
- First observed
- 13 June 1918
- Last observed
- 17 July 1918
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1918 L1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB