Great southern comet

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-520.907 AU

Eccentricity

1

Inclination

144.76°

Perihelion

0.005 AU

Longitude of ascending node

8.45°

Argument of periapsis

86.69°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2407742.62544 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 215.6 LD

0.5541 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

7

Data arc

5 days

First observed

10 February 1880

Last observed

15 February 1880

Residual RMS

0.56 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1880 C1