C/1986 P1-A Wilson
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Comet C/1986 P1-A was discovered on 5 August 1986 by Christine Wilson (Mount Palomar, California, USA), that is 8.5 months before its perihelion passage.
This comet was last observed in mid-April 1989. Splitting event observed in comet Wilson was occured after perihelion passage.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 1 May 1987 (0.623 au), less than two weeks after perihelion passage. According to Minor Planet Center, the main component A of this comet exhibits nongravitational acceleration in the time interval 5 August 1986 – 11 April 1989. Therefore, the non-gravitational orbit from the whole observational arc (spanning over 2.68 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 3.64 au – 1.200 au (perihelion) – 7.83 au.) are given here as preferred orbit.
This Oort spike comet suffers large planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,300 au.
See also Królikowska and Dybczyński 2010, Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska 2020.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 1 May 1987 (0.623 au), less than two weeks after perihelion passage. According to Minor Planet Center, the main component A of this comet exhibits nongravitational acceleration in the time interval 5 August 1986 – 11 April 1989. Therefore, the non-gravitational orbit from the whole observational arc (spanning over 2.68 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 3.64 au – 1.200 au (perihelion) – 7.83 au.) are given here as preferred orbit.
This Oort spike comet suffers large planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,300 au.
See also Królikowska and Dybczyński 2010, Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 687 | |
| data interval | 1986 08 05 – 1989 04 11 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 3.64 au – 1.20 au (perihelion) – 7.83 au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | comet with NG effects strongly manifested in positional data fitting | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 1364 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 1.35 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| orbital elements (heliocentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1987 05 05 | |
| perihelion date | 1987 04 20.78133608 | ± 0.00007856 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 1.19967859 | ± 0.00000056 |
| eccentricity | 1.00039055 | ± 0.00000099 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 238.308112 | ± 0.000046 |
| ascending node [°] | 111.666180 | ± 0.000051 |
| inclination [°] | 147.118885 | ± 0.000032 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -325.55 | ± 0.83 |
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.