Bradfield is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.59 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 158.56°
- Perihelion
- 0.592 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 160.01°
- Argument of periapsis
- 299.72°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2448768.29385 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 39.1 LD
- 0.1005 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 13
- Data arc
- 31 days
- First observed
- 4 May 1992
- Last observed
- 4 June 1992
- Residual RMS
- 1.2 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1992 J2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB