Brorsen is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.14 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 73.99°
- Perihelion
- 0.142 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 46.43°
- Argument of periapsis
- 294.45°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2397396.79620 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 15
- Data arc
- 28 days
- First observed
- 23 October 1851
- Last observed
- 20 November 1851
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1851 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB