Bally-Clayton is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.77 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 93.17°
- Perihelion
- 1.771 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 319.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 26.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2440089.34555 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 322.4 LD
- 0.8284 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 52
- Data arc
- 89 days
- First observed
- 25 August 1968
- Last observed
- 22 November 1968
- Residual RMS
- 0.63 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 8.5
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 6.5
- 8.5
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1968 Q1
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB