Johnson is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 4.71 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 53.23°
- Perihelion
- 4.708 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 140.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 191.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2432650.45380 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 36
- Data arc
- 90 days
- First observed
- 4 September 1948
- Last observed
- 3 December 1948
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1948 R1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB