C/2004 B1 LINEAR
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Comet C/2004 B1 was discovered on 29 January 2004 with Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project; that is more than 2 years before its perihelion passage. A few pre-discovery images taken a day before discovery were found at Haleakala-AMOS. It was observed until 24 August 2008 (see picture).
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 21 May 2006 (1.345 au), about 3.5 months after its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 4.57 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 7.74 au – 1.602 au (perihelion) – 9.15 au
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
See also Królikowska 2020
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 21 May 2006 (1.345 au), about 3.5 months after its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 4.57 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 7.74 au – 1.602 au (perihelion) – 9.15 au
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
See also Królikowska 2020
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 2033 | |
| data interval | 2004 01 28 – 2008 08 24 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 7.74 au – 1.60 au (perihelion) – 9.15 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 | 3779 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.50 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1706 07 17 | |
| perihelion date | 2006 02 08.89785083 | ± 0.00002403 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 1.60642796 | ± 0.00000020 |
| eccentricity | 0.99994404 | ± 0.00000030 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 327.914316 | ± 0.000008 |
| ascending node [°] | 272.795147 | ± 0.000007 |
| inclination [°] | 114.147246 | ± 0.000007 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 34.83 | ± 0.19 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2004b1a5.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.