Barnard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.97 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 77.99°
- Perihelion
- 0.971 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 219.53°
- Argument of periapsis
- 269.57°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2412050.54270 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 41
- Data arc
- 65 days
- First observed
- 3 October 1891
- Last observed
- 7 December 1891
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1891 T1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB