van Arsdale is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 2.04 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 113.88°
- Perihelion
- 2.045 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 229.08°
- Argument of periapsis
- 170.92°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2398222.93510 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 80
- Data arc
- 88 days
- First observed
- 3 December 1853
- Last observed
- 1 March 1854
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1853 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB