Herschel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.8 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 116.15°
- Perihelion
- 0.798 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 36.12°
- Argument of periapsis
- 119.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2374985.24100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 58 days
- First observed
- 2 May 1790
- Last observed
- 29 June 1790
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1790 H1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB