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 | |
| orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epoch | 1713 10 08 | |
| perihelion date | 2022 08 06.29292728 | ± 0.02215279 |
| perihelion distance [au] | 5.97348518 | ± 0.00006134 |
| eccentricity | 0.99899102 | ± 0.00008919 |
| argument of perihelion [°] | 278.319188 | ± 0.003178 |
| ascending node [°] | 350.598777 | ± 0.000355 |
| inclination [°] | 57.968984 | ± 0.000132 |
| reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | 168.91 | ± 14.93 |
| file containing 5001 VCs swarm |
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| 2022f1c4.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.