Oterma

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-3,480.011 AU

Eccentricity

1.0012

Inclination

172.51°

Perihelion

4.113 AU

Longitude of ascending node

281.04°

Argument of periapsis

163.64°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2430629.89775 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 1,218.3 LD

3.1304 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

35

Data arc

390 days

First observed

12 February 1942

Last observed

9 March 1943

Residual RMS

0.29 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1942 C2