C/2017 F1 Lemmon
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Comet C/2017 F1 was discovered on 20 March 2017 with Mount Lemmon survey, that is about 8.5 months before its perihelion passage. Later single pre-discovery obsebation was found from 4 February 2017. This comet was rather rarely observed until 18 March 2018.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 24 December 2017 (3.480 au), less than a month after its perihelion passage.
The preferred solution given here is based on data spanning over 1.12 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.10 au – 4.50 au (perihelion) – 4.58 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).
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 24 December 2017 (3.480 au), less than a month after its perihelion passage.
The preferred solution given here is based on data spanning over 1.12 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.10 au – 4.50 au (perihelion) – 4.58 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).
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 84 | |
| data interval | 2017 03 20 – 2018 02 17 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 4.95 au – 4.50 au (perihelion) – 4.54 au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | NG effects not determinable | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | NO | |
| number of residuals | 155 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.41 | |
| orbit quality class | 1b | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1713 05 01 | |
| perihelion date | 2017 11 30.53297386 | ± 0.00636611 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 4.50893509 | ± 0.00001247 |
| eccentricity | 0.99986913 | ± 0.00002459 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 64.611792 | ± 0.000853 |
| ascending node [°] | 158.672855 | ± 0.000098 |
| inclination [°] | 146.594913 | ± 0.000058 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 29.02 | ± 5.45 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2017f1a1.bmi |
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.
Lower panel (panels): O-C diagram for this(two) solution (solutions) given in this database, where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lower panel (panels): O-C diagram for this(two) solution (solutions) given in this database, where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
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.