C/1885 X2 Barnard
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C/1885 X2 was discovered on 4 December 1885 by Edward Emerson Barnard (Vanderbilt University Observatory, Nashville, Tennessee, USA), that is about 5 months before its perihelion passage, and it was last seen on 26 July 1886 [Kronk, Cometography: Volume 2].
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 27 May 1886 (0.335 au), that is 3.5 weeks after perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 0.64 yr in a range of heliocentric distances from 2.72 au through perihelion (0.479 au) to 1.76 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers rather small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to less tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit for preferred solution).
C/1885 X2 was in the original sample of 19 comets used by Oort for his hypothesis on LPCs; however, according to presented here statistics for previous perihelion passage this comet is dynamically old.
See also Królikowska 2020.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 27 May 1886 (0.335 au), that is 3.5 weeks after perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 0.64 yr in a range of heliocentric distances from 2.72 au through perihelion (0.479 au) to 1.76 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers rather small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to less tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit for preferred solution).
C/1885 X2 was in the original sample of 19 comets used by Oort for his hypothesis on LPCs; however, according to presented here statistics for previous perihelion passage this comet is dynamically old.
See also Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 677 | |
| data interval | 1885 12 04 – 1886 07 26 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 2.72 au – 0.48 au (perihelion) – 1.76 au | |
| type of model of motion | NS - non-gravitational orbits for standard g(r) | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 1134 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 4.10 | |
| orbit quality class | 2a | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1586 07 06 | |
| perihelion date | 1886 05 02.71090834 | ± 0.00040139 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 0.47629535 | ± 0.00000449 |
| eccentricity | 0.99988945 | ± 0.00000994 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 119.724359 | ± 0.000639 |
| ascending node [°] | 69.757191 | ± 0.000099 |
| inclination [°] | 84.606531 | ± 0.000328 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 232.10 | ± 20.87 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 1885x2n5.bmi |
Time distribution of positional observations with corresponding heliocentric (red curve) and geocentric (green curve) distance at which they were taken. The horizontal dotted line shows the perihelion distance for a given comet whereas vertical dotted line — the moment of perihelion passage.
Six 2D-projections of the 6D space of original swarm including 5001 VCs. Each density map is given in logarithmic scale presented on the right in the individual panel.