Messier-Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.14 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 70.24°
- Perihelion
- 1.143 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 267.21°
- Argument of periapsis
- 205.63°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2373045.32500 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 32 days
- First observed
- 7 January 1785
- Last observed
- 8 February 1785
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1785 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB