Great southern comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 144.38°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 4.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2410283.43400 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 15
- Data arc
- 8 days
- First observed
- 21 January 1887
- Last observed
- 29 January 1887
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1887 B1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB