C/2012 T5 Bressi
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Comet C/2012 T5 was discovered on 14 October 2012 by Terry H. Bressi (Spacewatch), that is more than 4 months before its perihelion passage. It was observed until 21 March 2013 (see picture).
C/2012 T5 had its closest approach to the Earth on 25 February 2013 (0.913 au), a day after its perihelion passage.
Comet was lost a month after perihelion passage and Sekanina (2019) concluded that this Oort Cloud comet did not survive the observed perihelion passage.
Original value of 1/a is significantly negative for solutions based on entire data set. The preferred solution (based on pre-perihelion data taken at larger heliocentric distances than 1.33au) gives also negative value of original 1/a; however, within its uncertainty of about 1.5 sigma this comet can came from the Oort Cloud.
See also Królikowska 2020.
C/2012 T5 had its closest approach to the Earth on 25 February 2013 (0.913 au), a day after its perihelion passage.
Comet was lost a month after perihelion passage and Sekanina (2019) concluded that this Oort Cloud comet did not survive the observed perihelion passage.
Original value of 1/a is significantly negative for solutions based on entire data set. The preferred solution (based on pre-perihelion data taken at larger heliocentric distances than 1.33au) gives also negative value of original 1/a; however, within its uncertainty of about 1.5 sigma this comet can came from the Oort Cloud.
See also Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 702 | |
| data interval | 2012 10 14 – 2013 03 21 | |
| data type | significantly more measurements before perihelion (PRE+) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 2.58 au – 0.32 au (perihelion) – 0.75 au | |
| type of model of motion | NS - non-gravitational orbits for standard g(r) | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 1398 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.73 | |
| orbit quality class | 2a | |
| previous orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -220.14 – -203.16 – -186.03 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 2.58 – 2.85 – 3.13 | |
| synchronous stop epoch [Myr] | -1.09 | S |
| percentage of VCs with qprev < 10 | 100 | |
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.
| previous orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -219.83 – -202.87 – -185.76 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 1.21 – 1.32 – 1.44 | |
| synchronous stop epoch [Myr] | -1.15 | S |
| percentage of VCs with qprev < 10 | 100 | |