Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 139.78°
- Perihelion
- 1.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 137.04°
- Argument of periapsis
- 36.55°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2410359.43590 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 75
- Data arc
- 52 days
- First observed
- 17 February 1887
- Last observed
- 10 April 1887
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1887 D1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB