Table 1: Mean and most probable orbital parameters of the Kreutz group of sungrazing comets; total of 686 comets in the sample.
Parameter Value Std. Most Mean from
    Dev. probable Sekanina
Perihelion longitude [$^\circ$] 282.9 2.9 283. 282.6
Perihelion latitude [$^\circ$] 35.0 3.4 35. 35.2
Perihelion distance [$R_{\odot}$] 1.22 0.22 1.07 1.10
Inclination [$^\circ$] 143.5 2.8 144. 144.5
Perihelion argument [$^\circ$] 80.1 12.0 85. 83.
Node [$^\circ$] 1.0 14.4 7. 4.


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