Forbes is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.15 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 97.09°
- Perihelion
- 1.153 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 279.26°
- Argument of periapsis
- 320.97°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2426106.93760 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 54
- Data arc
- 49 days
- First observed
- 2 June 1930
- Last observed
- 21 July 1930
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1930 L1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB