Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.51 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 139.15°
- Perihelion
- 0.505 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 247.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 100.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2366126.36200 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 16
- Data arc
- 7 days
- First observed
- 8 March 1766
- Last observed
- 15 March 1766
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1766 E1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB