Tempel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.2 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 95.49°
- Perihelion
- 0.201 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 359.31°
- Argument of periapsis
- 282°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2400194.22610 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 29
- Data arc
- 32 days
- First observed
- 7 April 1859
- Last observed
- 9 May 1859
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1859 G1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB