Blathwayt is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.04 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 92.36°
- Perihelion
- 1.036 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 19.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 231.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2424926.00184 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 96.5 LD
- 0.2479 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 33
- Data arc
- 74 days
- First observed
- 14 January 1927
- Last observed
- 29 March 1927
- Residual RMS
- 1.09 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1927 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB