Skjellerup is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.92 AU to 293.92 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 147.421 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9937
- Inclination
- 23.37°
- Perihelion
- 0.924 AU
- Aphelion
- 293.918 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 263.06°
- Argument of periapsis
- 264.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2423423.7232
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 1.127
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 65
- Data arc
- 78 days
- First observed
- 9 December 1922
- Last observed
- 25 February 1923
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1922 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB