Ross is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.31 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 114.98°
- Perihelion
- 0.31 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 265.99°
- Argument of periapsis
- 138.6°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2409170.29260 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 15
- Data arc
- 16 days
- First observed
- 19 January 1884
- Last observed
- 4 February 1884
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1884 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB