Brooks is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.81 AU to 461.73 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 231.271 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9965
- Inclination
- 129.82°
- Perihelion
- 0.812 AU
- Aphelion
- 461.729 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 176.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 347.45°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2412726.2223
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.692
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 153
- Data arc
- 82 days
- First observed
- 18 October 1893
- Last observed
- 8 January 1894
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1893 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB