Mauvais is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.62 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 52.72°
- Perihelion
- 1.616 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 159.44°
- Argument of periapsis
- 124.25°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2394327.05590 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 63
- Data arc
- 122 days
- First observed
- 4 May 1843
- Last observed
- 3 September 1843
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1843 J1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB