Honda is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.65 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 72.87°
- Perihelion
- 0.653 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 79.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.14°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2437774.69835 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 4.6 LD
- 0.0119 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 29 days
- First observed
- 1 May 1962
- Last observed
- 30 May 1962
- Residual RMS
- 0.31 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1962 H1
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB