Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.96 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 152.8°
- Perihelion
- 0.961 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 80.48°
- Argument of periapsis
- 61.39°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2371890.52300 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 77 days
- First observed
- 9 October 1781
- Last observed
- 25 December 1781
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1781 T1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB