Perrine is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.63 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 9 October 2023.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 70.03°
- Perihelion
- 0.626 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 260.52°
- Argument of periapsis
- 205.64°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2414518.20218 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 123.3 LD
- 0.3168 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 16
- Data arc
- 35 days
- First observed
- 17 June 1898
- Last observed
- 22 July 1898
- Residual RMS
- 1.08 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 9 October 2023
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1898 L2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB