C/2018 U1 Lemmon
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Comet C/2018 U1 was discovered on 27 October 2019, almost four years before its perihelion passage, and was observed until the mid-2023 (as in February 2025).
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 18 June 2021 (4.14 au), about 4.5 months before its perihelion passage.
The preferred NG-solution given here is based on data spanning over 4.62 yr in a range of heliocentric distances 9.33 au – 5.00 au (perihelion) – 6.64 au
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a significantly more tight future orbit (semimajor axis of about 3,800 au).
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 18 June 2021 (4.14 au), about 4.5 months before its perihelion passage.
The preferred NG-solution given here is based on data spanning over 4.62 yr in a range of heliocentric distances 9.33 au – 5.00 au (perihelion) – 6.64 au
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a significantly more tight future orbit (semimajor axis of about 3,800 au).
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 2485 | |
| data interval | 2018 10 27 – 2023 06 09 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 9.33 au – 5.00 au (perihelion) – 6.64 au | |
| type of model of motion | NC - non-gravitational orbits for symmetric CO-g(r)-like function | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 4524 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.37 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1715 11 07 | |
| perihelion date | 2021 11 02.20351407 | ± 0.00079324 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 4.98828117 | ± 0.00000404 |
| eccentricity | 0.99964732 | ± 0.00000296 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 180.419613 | ± 0.000079 |
| ascending node [°] | 75.386835 | ± 0.000011 |
| inclination [°] | 108.296339 | ± 0.000006 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 70.70 | ± 0.59 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2018u1bc.bmi |
Upper panel: 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.
Middle panel(s): O-C diagram for a given solution (sometimes in comparison to another solution available in CODE), where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lowest panel: Relative weights for a given data set(s).
Middle panel(s): O-C diagram for a given solution (sometimes in comparison to another solution available in CODE), where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lowest panel: Relative weights for a given data set(s).
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.