Barnard is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.53 AU to 357.46 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 179.494 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9915
- Inclination
- 56.34°
- Perihelion
- 1.528 AU
- Aphelion
- 357.46 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 139.09°
- Argument of periapsis
- 290.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2410880.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.877
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 54
- Data arc
- 201 days
- First observed
- 31 October 1888
- Last observed
- 20 May 1889
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1888 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB