Kometa Ikeya-Seki

Key facts

Discovered by

Kaoru Ikeya , Tsutomu Seki

Discovery site

Japan

Discovery date

18 September 1965

Alternative designations

1965 VIII, 1965f

Epoch

7 October 1965 ( JD 2439040.5)

Observation arc

115 days

Number of observations

101–119

Orbit type

Kreutz sungrazer , (Population II)

Aphelion

183 AU (A), 207 AU (B)

Perihelion

0.007786 AU (A), 0.007778 AU (B)

Semi major axis

91.6 AU (A), 103.7 AU (B)

Eccentricity

0.999915 (A), 0.999925 (B)