Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- -1,358.272 AU
- Eccentricity
- 1.0046
- Inclination
- 153.18°
- Perihelion
- 6.284 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 72.21°
- Argument of periapsis
- 229.46°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2443744.46194 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · HYP
- Hyperbolic comet
- Earth MOID · 2,081.7 LD
- 5.3491 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 5
- Data arc
- 651 days
- First observed
- 12 April 1978
- Last observed
- 23 January 1980
- Residual RMS
- 0.21 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1978 G2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB