C/1974 F1 Lovas
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Comet C/1974 F1 was discovered on 22 February 1974 by Miklós Lovas (Budapest Observatory, Hungary), that is 1.5 years before its perihelion passage.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 23 May 1975 (2.470 au), about 3 months before its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.48 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.64 au – 3.011 au (perihelion) – 7.26 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,900 au.
See also Królikowska 2020.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 23 May 1975 (2.470 au), about 3 months before its perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 3.48 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.64 au – 3.011 au (perihelion) – 7.26 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to a more tight future orbit with semimajor axis of about 1,900 au.
See also Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 137 | |
| data interval | 1974 03 21 – 1977 09 11 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 5.64 au – 3.01 au (perihelion) – 7.26 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 | 273 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 1.09 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 2283 06 22 | |
| perihelion date | 1975 08 22.26740340 | ± 0.00042300 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 3.01049370 | ± 0.00000181 |
| eccentricity | 0.99844025 | ± 0.00000752 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 261.339406 | ± 0.000076 |
| ascending node [°] | 12.319893 | ± 0.000040 |
| inclination [°] | 50.62514 | ± 0.000035 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 518.10 | ± 2.50 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 1974f1_w.bpl |
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 future swarm including 5001 VCs. Each density map is given in logarithmic scale presented on the right in the individual panel.