Friend is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.95 AU to 672.28 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 336.613 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9972
- Inclination
- 92.95°
- Perihelion
- 0.945 AU
- Aphelion
- 672.281 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 197.11°
- Argument of periapsis
- 126.78°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2429600.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.047
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 61
- Data arc
- 64 days
- First observed
- 6 November 1939
- Last observed
- 9 January 1940
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1939 V1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB