Pons is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.2 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 89.75°
- Perihelion
- 1.198 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 73°
- Argument of periapsis
- 112.36°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2385126.96900 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 26
- Data arc
- 59 days
- First observed
- 4 March 1818
- Last observed
- 2 May 1818
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1817 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB