Mrkos

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-3,637.213 AU

Eccentricity

1.0004

Inclination

77.51°

Perihelion

1.5 AU

Longitude of ascending node

199.31°

Argument of periapsis

61.91°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2432598.12598 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 328.3 LD

0.8436 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

4

Data arc

31 days

First observed

26 September 1948

Last observed

27 October 1948

Residual RMS

0.04 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1947 Y1