C/2020 H11 PanSTARRS-Lemmon
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Comet C/2020 H11 was discovered on 21 April 2020, about 5 months before its perihelion passage. Later a series of pre-discovery observations were found going ten months back to 2 June 2019. This comet was observed to 8 May 2021.
Solutions given here are based on data span over 1.93 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.17 au – 7.63 au (perihelion) – 7.77 au.
This comet entered the planetary zone having original semimajor axis of about 4,500 au and suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a bit tight future orbit (semimajor axis of about 3,100 au).
Solutions given here are based on data span over 1.93 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.17 au – 7.63 au (perihelion) – 7.77 au.
This comet entered the planetary zone having original semimajor axis of about 4,500 au and suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a bit tight future orbit (semimajor axis of about 3,100 au).
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 53 | |
| data interval | 2019 06 02 – 2021 05 08 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 8.17 au – 7.63 au (perihelion) – 7.77 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 | 106 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.22 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1708 04 17 | |
| perihelion date | 2020 09 11.79240376 | ± 0.00351681 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 7.62697000 | ± 0.00002115 |
| eccentricity | 0.99829484 | ± 0.00001665 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 91.335103 | ± 0.000244 |
| ascending node [°] | 302.962052 | ± 0.000059 |
| inclination [°] | 151.381409 | ± 0.000014 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 223.57 | ± 2.18 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2020h1a5.bmi |
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.