C/1991 F2 Helin-Lawrence
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Comet C/1991 F2 was discovered on 17 March 1991 by Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence (Mount Palomar, California, USA), that is about 10 months before its perihelion passage. This comet was last observed at the end of September 1992.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 12 January 1992 (1.721 au), 8 days before perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 1.60 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 4.25 au – 1.52 au (perihelion) – 3.52 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers tiny planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; however, these perturbations lead to escape the comet on hyperbolic orbit from the planetary zone.
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska 2020.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 12 January 1992 (1.721 au), 8 days before perihelion passage.
Solutions given here are based on data spanning over 1.60 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 4.25 au – 1.52 au (perihelion) – 3.52 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers tiny planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; however, these perturbations lead to escape the comet on hyperbolic orbit from the planetary zone.
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska 2020.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 113 | |
| data interval | 1991 02 23 – 1992 09 30 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 4.25 au – 1.52 au (perihelion) – 3.52 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 | 216 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.83 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1692 11 06 | |
| perihelion date | 1992 01 18.91962131 | ± 0.00012200 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 1.51349455 | ± 0.00000089 |
| eccentricity | 0.99998103 | ± 0.00000271 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 271.251796 | ± 0.000033 |
| ascending node [°] | 11.832381 | ± 0.000020 |
| inclination [°] | 95.452351 | ± 0.000071 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 12.53 | ± 1.79 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 1991f2a1.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.