Skjellerup-Maristany is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.18 AU to 2,201.79 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1,100.981 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9998
- Inclination
- 85.11°
- Perihelion
- 0.176 AU
- Aphelion
- 2,201.786 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 78.24°
- Argument of periapsis
- 47.16°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2425240.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.049
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 34
- Data arc
- 115 days
- First observed
- 5 December 1927
- Last observed
- 29 March 1928
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1927 X1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB