C/1999 F2 Delcanton
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C/1999 F2 was discovered on 20 March 1999 by J. Delcanton in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey as an apparently cometary object, seven months after perihelion passage. Soon after, Gareth V. Williams found pre-discovery measurements in archival LINEAR data going back to 18 June 1998 [IAUC 7194, 1999 June 8]. Later, the pre-discovery detection from 15 May 1998 taken by Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) was found.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 14 April 1998 (3.923 au), about four months before perihelion.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 2.3 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 4.79 au – 4.719 au (perihelion) – 7.30 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to notable more tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.

solution description
number of observations 148
data interval 1998 05 15 – 2000 08 29
data type significantly more measurements after perihelion (POST+)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 4.79 au – 4.72 au (perihelion) – 7.3 au
detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion NG effects not determinable
type of model of motion GR - gravitational orbit
data weighting YES
number of residuals 293
RMS [arcseconds] 0.73
orbit quality class 1a
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 2307 06 17
perihelion date 1998 08 24.04609000 ± 0.00259700
perihelion distance [au] 4.72526742 ± 0.00001504
eccentricity 0.99834836 ± 0.00001569
argument of perihelion [°] 352.417408 ± 0.000351
ascending node [°] 210.225871 ± 0.000051
inclination [°] 56.402618 ± 0.00005
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 349.53 ± 3.32
file containing 5001 VCs swarm
1999f2a2.bpl
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.
Six 2D-projections of the 6D space of future swarm including 5001 VCs. Each density map is given in logarithmic scale presented on the right in the individual panel.