Montaigne is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.43 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 82.98°
- Perihelion
- 1.429 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 183.97°
- Argument of periapsis
- 136.53°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2369227.44900 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 68 days
- First observed
- 18 August 1774
- Last observed
- 25 October 1774
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1774 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB