C/2017 K1 PANSTARRS
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Comet C/2017 K1 was discovered on 21 May 2017 with Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala), that is about 10 months before its perihelion passage. Next, three pre-discovery measurements were found going back to 1 September 2015. This comet was observed until 27 May 2019.

Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 29 April 2018 (6.286 au), about 1.5 months after its perihelion passage.

The preferred solution given here is based on data spanning over 3.73 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 9.28 au – 7.29 au (perihelion) – 7.80 au.

This Oort spike comet suffers tiny planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that likely lead to a bit tighter future orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
solution description
number of observations 83
data interval 2017 05 21 – 2018 05 16
data type perihelion within the observation arc (FULL)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 7.52 au – 7.29 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 NO
number of residuals 159
RMS [arcseconds] 0.49
orbit quality class 1b
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 2328 02 27
perihelion date 2018 03 13.38723164 ± 0.02811554
perihelion distance [au] 7.28153718 ± 0.00004549
eccentricity 0.99945789 ± 0.00003071
argument of perihelion [°] 4.172107 ± 0.001977
ascending node [°] 225.648347 ± 0.000033
inclination [°] 154.02717 ± 0.000079
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 74.45 ± 4.22
file containing 5001 VCs swarm
2017k1a1.bpl
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.