Metcalf is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.36 AU to 1,110.22 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 555.787 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9976
- Inclination
- 143.35°
- Perihelion
- 1.356 AU
- Aphelion
- 1,110.218 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 158.64°
- Argument of periapsis
- 117.71°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2420025.0538
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -1.148
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 299
- Data arc
- 57 days
- First observed
- 3 September 1913
- Last observed
- 30 October 1913
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1913 R1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB