C/2005 EL173 LONEOS
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C/2005 EL173 was discovered on 8 March 2005 by the LONEOS as an apparently asteroidal object in a retrograde orbit and semimajor axis of 36 au [MPEC 2005-F48, 2005 March 29]. Therefore it was initially classified as cubewano or scattered disc object in MPC. Its cometary apperance was reported by A. Fitzsimmons on 10 May 2005. C/2005 EL173 was observed until mid-November 2008.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 4 January 2007 (3.310 au), two months before perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.7 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 7.12 au – 3.886 au (perihelion) – 6.45 au.
NG orbit using full data-arc is determinable.
This Oort spike comet suffers rather slight planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; however, these perturbations leas to escape this comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit.
See also Królikowska and Dones 2023, Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017,and Królikowska 2014.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 4 January 2007 (3.310 au), two months before perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.7 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 7.12 au – 3.886 au (perihelion) – 6.45 au.
NG orbit using full data-arc is determinable.
This Oort spike comet suffers rather slight planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; however, these perturbations leas to escape this comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit.
See also Królikowska and Dones 2023, Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017,and Królikowska 2014.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 317 | |
| data interval | 2005 03 03 – 2008 11 17 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 7.12 au – 3.89 au (perihelion) – 6.45 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 | 631 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.47 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1703 06 23 | |
| perihelion date | 2007 03 05.84278379 | ± 0.00019739 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 3.88762442 | ± 0.00000100 |
| eccentricity | 0.99982233 | ± 0.00000184 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 261.491260 | ± 0.000028 |
| ascending node [°] | 344.763185 | ± 0.000009 |
| inclination [°] | 130.759772 | ± 0.00001 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 45.70 | ± 0.47 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2005el_w.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.