Swift is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.59 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 77.93°
- Perihelion
- 0.591 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 128.11°
- Argument of periapsis
- 173.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2408221.44090 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 40
- Data arc
- 9 days
- First observed
- 3 May 1881
- Last observed
- 12 May 1881
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1881 J1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB