Barnard

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-2,394.382 AU

Eccentricity

1.0002

Inclination

84.44°

Perihelion

0.479 AU

Longitude of ascending node

69.91°

Argument of periapsis

119.62°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2410030.28704 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 129.2 LD

0.332 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

76

Data arc

150 days

First observed

5 December 1885

Last observed

4 May 1886

Residual RMS

0.89 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1885 X2