Ikeya-Seki is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.01 AU to 207.41 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 103.707 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9999
- Inclination
- 141.86°
- Perihelion
- 0.008 AU
- Aphelion
- 207.406 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 346.98°
- Argument of periapsis
- 69.03°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2439040.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.036
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 101
- Data arc
- 115 days
- First observed
- 21 September 1965
- Last observed
- 14 January 1966
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1965 S1-B
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB