Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.4 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 119.64°
- Perihelion
- 0.403 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 111.38°
- Argument of periapsis
- 239.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2376248.84100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 13 days
- First observed
- 28 September 1793
- Last observed
- 11 October 1793
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1793 S2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB