Hartwig is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.99 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 107.76°
- Perihelion
- 0.991 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 34.12°
- Argument of periapsis
- 84.26°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2407591.27870 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 212.8 LD
- 0.5468 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 19 days
- First observed
- 26 August 1879
- Last observed
- 14 September 1879
- Residual RMS
- 9.63 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1879 Q2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB