du Toit is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 156.51°
- Perihelion
- 0.998 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 255.05°
- Argument of periapsis
- 280.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2431592.64560 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 25 days
- First observed
- 17 June 1945
- Last observed
- 12 July 1945
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1945 L1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB