Petersen is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.32 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 95.59°
- Perihelion
- 0.32 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 213.65°
- Argument of periapsis
- 260.95°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2396279.04530 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 30
- Data arc
- 19 days
- First observed
- 8 August 1848
- Last observed
- 27 August 1848
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1848 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB