Pons is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 43.11°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 325.83°
- Argument of periapsis
- 304.33°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2384400.34600 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 10 days
- First observed
- 22 January 1816
- Last observed
- 1 February 1816
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1816 B1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB