Friend-Peltier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.19 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 49.48°
- Perihelion
- 0.194 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 326.2°
- Argument of periapsis
- 216.71°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2431806.78100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 7
- Data arc
- 13 days
- First observed
- 24 November 1945
- Last observed
- 7 December 1945
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1945 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB