Swift is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.92 AU to 389.69 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 195.806 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9902
- Inclination
- 144.8°
- Perihelion
- 1.925 AU
- Aphelion
- 389.688 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 183.04°
- Argument of periapsis
- 117.95°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2408404.7418
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -1.376
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 61
- Data arc
- 55 days
- First observed
- 18 November 1881
- Last observed
- 12 January 1882
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1881 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB