Mauvais is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.77 AU to 2,501.51 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1,251.636 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9986
- Inclination
- 96.58°
- Perihelion
- 1.766 AU
- Aphelion
- 2,501.505 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 340.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 91.52°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2395880.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.185
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 144
- Data arc
- 273 days
- First observed
- 8 July 1847
- Last observed
- 6 April 1848
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1847 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB