Pons is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.15 AU to 620.52 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 310.83 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9963
- Inclination
- 127.34°
- Perihelion
- 1.145 AU
- Aphelion
- 620.516 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 95.24°
- Argument of periapsis
- 181.11°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2386840.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.787
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 456
- Data arc
- 116 days
- First observed
- 18 July 1822
- Last observed
- 11 November 1822
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1822 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB