Mrkos is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.84 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 147.45°
- Perihelion
- 0.842 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 226.72°
- Argument of periapsis
- 81°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2435577.10920 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 32
- Data arc
- 53 days
- First observed
- 13 March 1956
- Last observed
- 5 May 1956
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1956 E1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB