C/1904 Y1 Giacobini
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Comet C/1904 Y1 was discovered on 18 December 1904 by Michel Giacobini (Nice Observatory, France), that is one and a half of month after perihelion passage, and it was last seen on 1 June 1905 [Kronk, Cometography: Volume 3].
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 31 May 1904 (1.94 au), that is more than 6.5 months before its discovery. During the observed period it was closest to the Earth on 19 January (2.21 au) that is one month after discovery.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 0.370 yr in a narrow range of heliocentric distances from 1.96 au through perihelion (1.88 au) to 2.86 au.
This marginally Oort spike comet suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to more tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
More details in Królikowska et al. 2014.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 31 May 1904 (1.94 au), that is more than 6.5 months before its discovery. During the observed period it was closest to the Earth on 19 January (2.21 au) that is one month after discovery.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 0.370 yr in a narrow range of heliocentric distances from 1.96 au through perihelion (1.88 au) to 2.86 au.
This marginally Oort spike comet suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to more tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
More details in Królikowska et al. 2014.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 164 | |
| data interval | 1904 12 18 – 1905 05 02 | |
| data type | observed only after perihelion (POST) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 1.96 au – 2.86au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | NG effects not determinable | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 164 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 2.87 | |
| orbit quality class | 2b | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1603 12 04 | |
| perihelion date | 1904 11 03.42092643 | ± 0.01375889 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 1.88656503 | ± 0.00009818 |
| eccentricity | 0.99980792 | ± 0.00022132 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 40.672000 | ± 0.006737 |
| ascending node [°] | 219.740942 | ± 0.000570 |
| inclination [°] | 99.546209 | ± 0.000554 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 101.81 | ± 117.32 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 1904y1a5.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.