Kresak-Peltier

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-3,300.044 AU

Eccentricity

1.0002

Inclination

88.54°

Perihelion

0.746 AU

Longitude of ascending node

75.57°

Argument of periapsis

254.73°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2434984.16683 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 50.7 LD

0.1302 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

10

Data arc

101 days

First observed

30 June 1954

Last observed

9 October 1954

Residual RMS

0.31 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1954 M2