Burnham

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-1,694.001 AU

Eccentricity

1.0003

Inclination

159.6°

Perihelion

0.504 AU

Longitude of ascending node

252.64°

Argument of periapsis

306.63°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2437014.49672 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 75.8 LD

0.1947 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

35

Data arc

148 days

First observed

4 January 1960

Last observed

31 May 1960

Residual RMS

1.11 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1959 Y1