Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.48 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 85.59°
- Perihelion
- 1.481 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 259.8°
- Argument of periapsis
- 31.91°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2410239.40560 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 86
- Data arc
- 119 days
- First observed
- 24 January 1887
- Last observed
- 23 May 1887
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1887 B3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB