Petersen is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.08 AU to 1,542.71 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 771.898 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9986
- Inclination
- 68.18°
- Perihelion
- 1.081 AU
- Aphelion
- 1,542.714 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 94.98°
- Argument of periapsis
- 180.55°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2396960.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.486
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 170
- Data arc
- 167 days
- First observed
- 2 May 1850
- Last observed
- 16 October 1850
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1850 J1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB