Great comet is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.65 AU to 285.76 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 143.201 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9955
- Inclination
- 63.18°
- Perihelion
- 0.646 AU
- Aphelion
- 285.756 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 269.48°
- Argument of periapsis
- 4.1°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2381313.7389
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.486
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 70
- Data arc
- 187 days
- First observed
- 22 September 1807
- Last observed
- 27 March 1808
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1807 R1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB