Bester is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.27 AU to 1,017.06 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 509.168 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9975
- Inclination
- 87.61°
- Perihelion
- 1.273 AU
- Aphelion
- 1,017.062 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 67.67°
- Argument of periapsis
- 274.21°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2432840.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.069
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 94 days
- First observed
- 24 November 1948
- Last observed
- 26 February 1949
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1948 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB