Cernis-Petrauskas is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.52 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 49.07°
- Perihelion
- 0.523 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 160.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 337.78°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2444412.94681 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 169.5 LD
- 0.4355 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 20
- Data arc
- 41 days
- First observed
- 2 August 1980
- Last observed
- 12 September 1980
- Residual RMS
- 0.97 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.7
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 8.8
- 9.7
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1980 O1
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB