Sawerthal is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.7 AU to 338.02 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 169.358 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9959
- Inclination
- 42.25°
- Perihelion
- 0.699 AU
- Aphelion
- 338.018 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 246.96°
- Argument of periapsis
- 359.9°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2410720.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.797
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 186
- Data arc
- 201 days
- First observed
- 19 February 1888
- Last observed
- 7 September 1888
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1888 D1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB