Pons is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.86 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 116.91°
- Perihelion
- 0.855 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 92.54°
- Argument of periapsis
- 348.11°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2385408.93470 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 21
- Data arc
- 61 days
- First observed
- 30 November 1818
- Last observed
- 30 January 1819
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1818 W2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB