Great southern comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.03 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 92.49°
- Perihelion
- 0.026 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 254.83°
- Argument of periapsis
- 111.72°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2402251.32530 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 198
- Data arc
- 102 days
- First observed
- 20 January 1865
- Last observed
- 2 May 1865
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1865 B1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB