Barnard is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.39 AU to 712.1 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 356.748 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9961
- Inclination
- 17.55°
- Perihelion
- 1.394 AU
- Aphelion
- 712.101 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 246.85°
- Argument of periapsis
- 15.09°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2410440.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 1.409
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 313
- Data arc
- 91 days
- First observed
- 13 May 1887
- Last observed
- 12 August 1887
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1887 J1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB