Brooks is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.2 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 143.85°
- Perihelion
- 1.195 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 187.14°
- Argument of periapsis
- 85.21°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2412470.49336 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 238.9 LD
- 0.6139 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 17
- Data arc
- 64 days
- First observed
- 15 December 1892
- Last observed
- 17 February 1893
- Residual RMS
- 0.93 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1892 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB