Pons is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.09 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 57.01°
- Perihelion
- 1.094 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 313.01°
- Argument of periapsis
- 21.85°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2379478.85540 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 135
- Data arc
- 38 days
- First observed
- 28 August 1802
- Last observed
- 5 October 1802
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1802 Q1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB