C/2001 K3 Skiff
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Comet C/2001 K3 was discovered on 22 May 2001 by Brian A. Skiff during LONEOS project, that is a month after its perihelion passage. It was observed until 12 October 2001.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 15 July 2001 (2.266 au), less than 2 months after discovery.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 0.392 yr in a range of heliocentric distances from 3.07 au to 3.49 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers notable planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a significantly more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,500 au.
See also Królikowska 2014.

solution description
number of observations 346
data interval 2001 05 22 – 2001 10 12
data type observed only after perihelion (POST)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 3.07 au – 3.49au
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 669
RMS [arcseconds] 0.67
orbit quality class 2a
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 1699 02 14
perihelion date 2001 04 23.38367191 ± 0.00206618
perihelion distance [au] 3.06886844 ± 0.00001188
eccentricity 0.99990440 ± 0.00002074
argument of perihelion [°] 3.350967 ± 0.000568
ascending node [°] 289.836411 ± 0.000139
inclination [°] 51.968638 ± 0.000262
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 31.15 ± 6.76
file containing 5001 VCs swarm
2001k3a2.bmi
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 original swarm including 5001 VCs. Each density map is given in logarithmic scale presented on the right in the individual panel.