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 | ||
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number of observations | 315 | |
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 | |
type of model of motion | NC - non-gravitational orbits for symmetric CO-g(r)-like function | |
data weighting | YES | |
number of residuals | 627 | |
RMS [arcseconds] | 0.41 | |
orbit quality class | 1a |
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
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Epoch | 2310 03 13 | |
perihelion date | 2007 03 05.94359771 | ± 0.00124004 |
perihelion distance [au] | 3.88758530 | ± 0.00001060 |
eccentricity | 1.00006399 | ± 0.00000829 |
argument of perihelion [°] | 261.459657 | ± 0.000232 |
ascending node [°] | 344.826915 | ± 0.000008 |
inclination [°] | 130.732235 | ± 0.00001 |
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -16.46 | ± 2.13 |
file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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2005elc5.bpl |
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Upper panel: 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.
Middle panel(s): O-C diagram for a given solution (sometimes in comparison to another solution available in CODE), where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lowest panel: Relative weights for a given data set(s).
Middle panel(s): O-C diagram for a given solution (sometimes in comparison to another solution available in CODE), where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lowest panel: Relative weights for a given data set(s).