Bester

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-3,934.835 AU

Eccentricity

1.0006

Inclination

108.18°

Perihelion

2.408 AU

Longitude of ascending node

35.56°

Argument of periapsis

348.62°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2432223.85834 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 556.0 LD

1.4286 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

34

Data arc

633 days

First observed

2 November 1946

Last observed

27 July 1948

Residual RMS

0.53 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1946 U1