Bradfield is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.44 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 51.09°
- Perihelion
- 0.437 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 260.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 48.71°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2443585.19088 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 163.4 LD
- 0.4198 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 73
- Data arc
- 34 days
- First observed
- 6 February 1978
- Last observed
- 12 March 1978
- Residual RMS
- 0.51 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 6.8
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 9
- 6.8
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1978 C1
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB