Elias

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-3,382.427 AU

Eccentricity

1.0014

Inclination

115.3°

Perihelion

4.743 AU

Longitude of ascending node

176.71°

Argument of periapsis

310.27°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2444834.89699 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 1,556.3 LD

3.999 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

20

Data arc

715 days

First observed

29 April 1981

Last observed

14 April 1983

Residual RMS

0.42 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1981 G1