Swift is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.39 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 78.18°
- Perihelion
- 1.392 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 103.96°
- Argument of periapsis
- 177.59°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2407186.69070 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 16 days
- First observed
- 8 July 1878
- Last observed
- 24 July 1878
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1878 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB