Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.84 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 129.06°
- Perihelion
- 0.84 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 102.33°
- Argument of periapsis
- 95.83°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2378381.19100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 79 days
- First observed
- 7 August 1799
- Last observed
- 25 October 1799
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1799 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB