Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.97 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 175.13°
- Perihelion
- 0.966 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 83.55°
- Argument of periapsis
- 301.73°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2363871.84100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 31 days
- First observed
- 8 January 1760
- Last observed
- 8 February 1760
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1760 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB