Herschel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.41 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 50.89°
- Perihelion
- 0.411 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 197.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 325.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2373571.87970 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 144
- Data arc
- 82 days
- First observed
- 5 August 1786
- Last observed
- 26 October 1786
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1786 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB