C/2019 K7 Smith
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Comet C/2019 K7 was discovered on 30 May 2019, more than one year before its perihelion passage. Later a few pre-discovery observations were found from 8 and 9 October 2017. In the moment of orbit determination, this comet was still observed.

Solutions (GR and NG) given here span over 5.49 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.64 au – 4.48 au (perihelion) – 9.2 au; orbits based on pre-perihelion and post-perihelion data independently were also obtained.

This Oort spike comet suffers moderate 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 2745
data interval 2017 10 08 – 2023 06 03
data type perihelion within the observation arc (FULL)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 8.64 au – 4.48 au (perihelion) – 9.2 au
detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion comet with determinable NG~orbit
type of model of motion GR - gravitational orbit
data weighting YES
number of residuals 5402
RMS [arcseconds] 0.42
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] 394.34 – 394.65 – 394.96
next perihelion distance [au] 4.46928 – 4.46928 – 4.46928
next aphelion distance [103 au] 5.0593 – 5.0633 – 5.0672
time interval to next perihelion [Myr] 0.127 – 0.1272 – 0.1273
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] 394.34 – 394.65 – 394.96
next perihelion distance [au] 4.46905 – 4.46905 – 4.46906
next aphelion distance [103 au] 5.0594 – 5.0634 – 5.0673
time interval to next perihelion [Myr] 0.127 – 0.1272 – 0.1273
percentage of VCs with qnext < 10100