C/2008 FK75 Lemmon-Siding Spring
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C/2008 FK75 was first discovered on 31 March 2008 in the course of the Mt. Lemmon Survey as an apparently asteroidal object. Next, independently was rediscovered by Siding Spring survey (again as apparently asteroidal) on 1 July 2008. Two days later, J. Young reported that images showed diffuse coma [IAUC 8958, 2008 July 7]; then other observers confirmed cometary appearance.
Observational arc of C/2008 FK75 covers 5.6 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.24 au – 4.511 au (perihelion) – 9.51 au.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 16 June 2010 (4.057 au), 3.5 months before perihelion passage (see figure).
This Oort spike comet suffers a small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape of the comet from the solar system on hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.
Observational arc of C/2008 FK75 covers 5.6 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.24 au – 4.511 au (perihelion) – 9.51 au.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 16 June 2010 (4.057 au), 3.5 months before perihelion passage (see figure).
This Oort spike comet suffers a small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape of the comet from the solar system on hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 3702 | |
| data interval | 2008 03 31 – 2013 11 06 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 8.24 au – 4.51 au (perihelion) – 9.51 au | |
| type of model of motion | NC - non-gravitational orbits for symmetric CO-g(r)-like function | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 7376 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.48 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| orbital elements (heliocentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 2010 10 11 | |
| perihelion date | 2010 09 29.25545378 | ± 0.00028183 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 4.51081691 | ± 0.00000120 |
| eccentricity | 1.00250978 | ± 0.00000130 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 80.420309 | ± 0.000042 |
| ascending node [°] | 218.268538 | ± 0.000005 |
| inclination [°] | 61.175925 | ± 0.000003 |
| recip semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -556.39 | ± 0.29 |
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
| non-gravitational parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| A1 [10-8au\day-2] | 1.861 | ± 0.048 |
| A2 [10-8au\day-2] | -0.5222 | ± 0.06 |
| A3 [10-8au\day-2] | 0.2751 | ± 0.0111 |
| m | -2.00 | |
| n | 3.000 | |
| k | -2.6000 | |
| r0 [au] | 10.000 | |
| α | 0.0100 | |