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 1354
data interval 2019 02 08 – 2021 06 18
data arc selection data generally limited to pre-perihelion (PRE)
range of heliocentric distances 7.96 au – 3.6au
type of model of motion NC - non-gravitational orbits for symmetric CO-g(r)-like function
data weighting YES
number of residuals 2670
RMS [arcseconds] 0.29
orbit quality class 1a
orbital elements (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 2019 02 06
perihelion date 2021 06 23.00298805 ± 0.00130219
perihelion distance [au] 3.59830022 ± 0.00000621
eccentricity 1.00269032 ± 0.00000449
argument of perihelion [°] 251.085430 ± 0.000144
ascending node [°] 38.727533 ± 0.000006
inclination [°] 54.16932 ± 0.000016
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] -747.66 ± 1.25
non-gravitational parameters
A1 [10-8au/day2] 1.8899 ± 0.1811
A2 [10-8au/day2] -1.967 ± 0.1862
A3 [10-8au/day2] 0.10068 ± 0.04255
m -2.00
n 3.000
k -2.6000
r0 [au] 10.000
α 0.0100