C/1974 V1 van den Bergh
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Comet C/1974 V1 was discovered on 11 November 1974, 3.2 months after perihelion passage, and was last seen on 31 October 1976 [Kronk and Meyer, Cometography: Volume 5].
The comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 28 October 1974 (5.11 au), two weeks before discovery.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 1.97 yr in a range of heliocentric distances from 6.06 au to 8.19 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a more tight future orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.

solution description
number of observations 46
data interval 1974 11 12 – 1976 10 31
data type observed only after perihelion (POST)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 6.06 au – 8.19au
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 92
RMS [arcseconds] 1.16
orbit quality class 1b
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 1667 07 21
perihelion date 1974 08 08.16407000 ± 0.01924600
perihelion distance [au] 6.01579264 ± 0.00009240
eccentricity 0.99989464 ± 0.00007279
argument of perihelion [°] 151.829672 ± 0.001856
ascending node [°] 226.121112 ± 0.000068
inclination [°] 60.878468 ± 0.000198
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] 17.51 ± 12.10
file containing 5001 VCs swarm
1974v1a1.bmi
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 original swarm including 5001 VCs. Each density map is given in logarithmic scale presented on the right in the individual panel.