Mrkos

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis

-4,066.956 AU

Eccentricity

1.0002

Inclination

97.18°

Perihelion

0.778 AU

Longitude of ascending node

343.58°

Argument of periapsis

253.82°

Epoch · J2000

JD 2434402.35934 (perihelion)

Orbit class · HYP

Hyperbolic comet

Earth MOID · 68.7 LD

0.1766 AU

Orbit quality

Observations used

6

Data arc

217 days

First observed

13 December 1952

Last observed

18 July 1953

Residual RMS

0.12 ″

Solution · Otto Matic

15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1952 W1