Gale

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-1,605.758 AU

Eccentricity

1.0004

Inclination

79.81°

Perihelion

0.716 AU

Longitude of ascending node

298.25°

Argument of periapsis

25.62°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2419680.95344 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 100.0 LD

0.257 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

30

Data arc

207 days

First observed

10 September 1912

Last observed

5 April 1913

Residual RMS

0.81 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2024

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1912 R1