C/2022 F1 ATLAS
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Comet C/2022 F1 was discovered on 30 March 2022 by ATLAS Chile (Rio Hurtado), that is four months before its perihelion passage.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 24 June 2022 (5.51 au), about 1.5 month before its perihelion passage.
Preferred NG solution given here is based on data span over 2.35 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 6.04 au – 5.97 au (perihelion) – 7.79 au.
This long-period comet (semimajor axis in the range 5,000-6,000 au) suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a more loose future orbit with semimajor axis of about 17,300 au.
Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 24 June 2022 (5.51 au), about 1.5 month before its perihelion passage.
Preferred NG solution given here is based on data span over 2.35 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 6.04 au – 5.97 au (perihelion) – 7.79 au.
This long-period comet (semimajor axis in the range 5,000-6,000 au) suffers small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to a more loose future orbit with semimajor axis of about 17,300 au.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 139 | |
| data interval | 2022 03 30 – 2024 08 03 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 6.04 au – 5.97 au (perihelion) – 7.79 au | |
| type of model of motion | NC - non-gravitational orbits for symmetric CO-g(r)-like function | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 277 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.48 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a | |
| next orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 4976 | * |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 25 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 28.83 – 39.19 – 51.12 | R |
| next perihelion distance [au] | 17 – 41 – 110 | R |
| next aphelion distance [103 au] | 39 – 51 – 69 | R |
| time interval to next perihelion [Myr] | 2.7 – 4.1 – 6.7 | R |
| percentage of VCs with qnext < 10 | 2 | |
| percentage of VCs with 10 < qnext < 20 | 12 | |
| percentage of VCs with qnext > 20 | 86 | |
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.
| next_g orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 4979 | * |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 22 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 28.29 – 39.37 – 51.15 | R |
| next perihelion distance [au] | 3 – 3.7 – 19 | R |
| next aphelion distance [103 au] | 39 – 51 – 71 | R |
| time interval to next perihelion [Myr] | 2.7 – 4 – 6.6 | R |
| percentage of VCs with qnext < 10 | 84 | |
| percentage of VCs with 10 < qnext < 20 | 6 | |
| percentage of VCs with qnext > 20 | 10 | |