Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.45 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 112.82°
- Perihelion
- 0.449 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 275.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 6.29°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2408338.36530 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 31 days
- First observed
- 21 September 1881
- Last observed
- 22 October 1881
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1881 S1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB