Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-1,418.766 AU

Eccentricity

1.001

Inclination

79.45°

Perihelion

1.445 AU

Longitude of ascending node

340.93°

Argument of periapsis

223.41°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2430480.32810 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 242.0 LD

0.622 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

8

Data arc

70 days

First observed

17 February 1942

Last observed

28 April 1942

Residual RMS

0.13 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1942 C1