Southern comet is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.11 AU to 593.01 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 296.558 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9996
- Inclination
- 138.53°
- Perihelion
- 0.11 AU
- Aphelion
- 593.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 337.31°
- Argument of periapsis
- 196.15°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2432520.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.291
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 29
- Data arc
- 38 days
- First observed
- 10 December 1947
- Last observed
- 17 January 1948
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1947 X1-B
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB