C/1952 W1 Mrkos
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Comet C/1952 W1 was discovered on 28 November 1952 by Antonin Mrkos (Skalnaté Pleso Observatory, Slovakia), that is almost 2 months before its perihelion passage. It was observed until 5 September 1953 [Kronk, Cometography: Volume 4].
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 10 January 1953 (0.922 au), two weeks before its perihelion passage.
Original value of 1/a is negative; however, within its uncertainty of 1 sigma this comet could come from the Oort Cloud.
This comet suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations can lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
See also 2011 and Królikowska 2014.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 10 January 1953 (0.922 au), two weeks before its perihelion passage.
Original value of 1/a is negative; however, within its uncertainty of 1 sigma this comet could come from the Oort Cloud.
This comet suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations can lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
See also 2011 and Królikowska 2014.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 31 | |
| data interval | 1952 12 10 – 1953 07 18 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 1.16 au – 0.78 au (perihelion) – 2.86 au | |
| type of model of motion | NS - non-gravitational orbits for standard g(r) | |
| data weighting | NO | |
| number of residuals | 58 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.87 | |
| orbit quality class | 2a | |
| previous orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 975 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 4026 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 3627 | * |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -130.06 – -43.07 – 45.53 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 0.84 – 240 – 940 | R |
| previous aphelion distance [103 au] | 23 – 61 – 370 | |
| time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] | 1.1 – 3.1 – 9.7 | R |
| percentage of VCs with qprev < 10 | 42 | |
| percentage of VCs with qprev > 20 | 58 | |
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.
| previous orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 1017 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 3984 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 3627 | * |
| previous reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -130.08 – -43.08 – 45.53 | |
| previous perihelion distance [au] | 0.86 – 2.2 – 81 | R |
| previous aphelion distance [103 au] | 23 – 61 – 370 | |
| time interval to previous perihelion [Myr] | 1.1 – 3.3 – 10 | R |
| percentage of VCs with qprev < 10 | 72 | |
| percentage of VCs with 10 < qprev < 20 | 7 | |
| percentage of VCs with qprev > 20 | 21 | |