C/1974 F1 Lovas
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Comet C/1974 F1 was discovered on 22 February 1974 by Miklós Lovas (Budapest Observatory, Hungary), that is 1.5 years before its perihelion passage.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 23 May 1975 (2.470 au), about 3 months before its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.48 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.64 au – 3.011 au (perihelion) – 7.26 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,900 au.
See also Królikowska 2020.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 23 May 1975 (2.470 au), about 3 months before its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.48 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.64 au – 3.011 au (perihelion) – 7.26 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,900 au.
See also Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 137 | |
| data interval | 1974 03 21 – 1977 09 11 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 5.64 au – 3.01 au (perihelion) – 7.26 au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | comet with determinable NG~orbit | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 273 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 1.09 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a | |
| previous orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 32.65 – 36.05 – 39.94 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 450 – 540 – 690 | |
| previous aphelion distance [103 au] | 49.6 – 54.9 – 60.6 | |
| time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] | 4 – 4.6 – 5.3 | |
| percentage of VCs with qprev > 20 | 100 | |
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.
| previous orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 33.66 – 36.85 – 40.07 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 9.6 – 13 – 18 | |
| previous aphelion distance [103 au] | 49.9 – 54.3 – 59.4 | |
| time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] | 3.9 – 4.5 – 5.1 | |
| percentage of VCs with qprev < 10 | 14 | |
| percentage of VCs with 10 < qprev < 20 | 80 | |
| percentage of VCs with qprev > 20 | 6 | |