C/2020 K8 Catalina-ATLAS
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Comet C/2020 K8 was discovered on 25 May 2020, about 3.5 months before its perihelion passage and was observed to 6 April 2021.
Solutions given here (NG and GR) are based on data span over 0.866 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 2.18 au – 0.475 au (perihelion) – 3.40 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape the comet from the solar system on hyperbolic barycentric orbit.
Solutions given here (NG and GR) are based on data span over 0.866 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 2.18 au – 0.475 au (perihelion) – 3.40 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape the comet from the solar system on hyperbolic barycentric orbit.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 283 | |
| data interval | 2020 05 25 – 2021 04 06 | |
| data type | significantly more measurements before perihelion (PRE+) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 2.18 au – 0.47 au (perihelion) – 3.4 au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | comet with determinable NG~orbit | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 555 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.53 | |
| orbit quality class | 1b | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 2312 06 30 | |
| perihelion date | 2020 09 14.07126182 | ± 0.00002086 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 0.47767181 | ± 0.00000051 |
| eccentricity | 1.00024229 | ± 0.00000156 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 260.309857 | ± 0.000086 |
| ascending node [°] | 181.260969 | ± 0.000046 |
| inclination [°] | 31.329512 | ± 0.000034 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -507.24 | ± 3.27 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2020k8a5.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.