C/2019 F1 ATLAS-Africano
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Comet C/2019 F1 was discovered on 28/29 March 2019, more than 2 yr before its perihelion passage. Later a series of pre-discovery observations were found going backto 8 February 2019. In the moment of orbit determination, this comet was still observed.

Solutions (GR and NG) given here span over 4.01 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 7.96 au – 3.60 au (perihelion) – 6.24 au; also orbit based on pre-perihelion data and post-perihelion data are presented.

This Oort spike comet suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a more tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
solution description
number of observations 1905
data interval 2019 02 08 – 2023 02 10
data type perihelion within the observation arc (FULL)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 7.96 au – 3.60 au (perihelion) – 6.24 au
detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion comet with NG effects strongly manifested in positional data fitting
type of model of motion GR - gravitational orbit
data weighting YES
number of residuals 3749
RMS [arcseconds] 0.67
orbit quality class 1a+
next orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account
no. of returning VCs in the swarm 5001 *
no. of escaping VCs in the swarm 0
no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm 0
next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 160.03 – 160.37 – 160.70
next perihelion distance [au] 3.547 – 3.5473 – 3.5477
next aphelion distance [103 au] 12.44 – 12.47 – 12.49
time interval to next perihelion [Myr] 0.4903 – 0.4918 – 0.4934
percentage of VCs with qnext < 10100
next orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included
no. of returning VCs in the swarm 5001 *
no. of escaping VCs in the swarm 0
no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm 0
next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 160.01 – 160.35 – 160.68
next perihelion distance [au] 3.5392 – 3.5396 – 3.5399
next aphelion distance [103 au] 12.44 – 12.47 – 12.5
time interval to next perihelion [Myr] 0.4904 – 0.4919 – 0.4934
percentage of VCs with qnext < 10100