Klinkerfues is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.56 AU to 364.13 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 182.345 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9969
- Inclination
- 123.96°
- Perihelion
- 0.563 AU
- Aphelion
- 364.126 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 16.96°
- Argument of periapsis
- 124.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2399588.8799
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.491
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 104
- Data arc
- 42 days
- First observed
- 22 August 1857
- Last observed
- 3 October 1857
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1857 Q1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB