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+
previous 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
previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 42.58 – 42.99 – 43.40
previous perihelion distance [au] 339 – 349 – 359
previous aphelion distance [103 au] 45.75 – 46.17 – 46.61
time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] 3.65 – 3.69 – 3.74
percentage of VCs with qprev > 20100
previous 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
previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 41.92 – 42.26 – 42.60
previous perihelion distance [au] 10.9 – 11.2 – 11.5
previous aphelion distance [103 au] 46.94 – 47.31 – 47.7
time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] 3.58 – 3.62 – 3.67
percentage of VCs with 10 < qprev < 20100