Baade

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-6,928.926 AU

Eccentricity

1.0006

Inclination

100.39°

Perihelion

3.87 AU

Longitude of ascending node

265.34°

Argument of periapsis

144.67°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2435332.82734 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 1,179.0 LD

3.0294 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

35

Data arc

3.29 years

First observed

12 August 1954

Last observed

26 November 1957

Residual RMS

0.37 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1954 O2