Brooks is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.76 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 140.34°
- Perihelion
- 0.756 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 97.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 123.55°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2414617.15177 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 12.5 LD
- 0.0321 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 60
- Data arc
- 31 days
- First observed
- 22 October 1898
- Last observed
- 22 November 1898
- Residual RMS
- 1.05 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1898 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB