Nongravitational nominal solution
Observational arc: 1960 01 04 - 1960 06 17 Number of observations: 88 RMS: 1.60 arcsec (146 residuals used, 17.0% rejected residuals )
Heliocentric osculating orbit
Epoch Perihelion time q e ω Ω i
1960 03 07 19600320.995235 0.50429007 0.99977515 306.635821 252.639194 159.598649
± 0.000324 0.00001675 0.00008836 0.000434 0.000715 0.000493
NG parameters:
A1 = ( 9.4822 ± 1.2439 )×10-8 AU/day2
A2 = ( 1.2762 ± 0.5725 )×10-8 AU/day2
A3 = ( 0.72509 ± 0.19787)×10-8 AU/day2
τ = (-9.2748 ± 1.5467 ) days
Barycentric nominal original orbit (at 250 AU from the Sun)
Epoch Perihelion time q e ω Ω i
1662 12 14 19600321.812727 0.50420900 0.99999894 306.629606 253.228894 159.617190
± 0.001583 0.00002604 0.00006246 0.002665 0.000993 0.000246
1/aori = (+2.09 ± 123.88)×10-6 AU-1
Barycentric nominal future orbit (at 250 AU from the Sun)
Epoch Perihelion time q e ω Ω i
2254 05 05 19600321.174193 0.49958552 1.00014320 306.581750 253.431153 159.603175
± 0.000466 0.00001217 0.00001672 0.002241 0.000633 0.000207
1/afut = (-286.65 ± 33.46)×10-6 AU-1
In the 17th edition of the Catalogue of Cometary orbits (2008):
Nongravitational orbit (37 obs.) with A1 = +5.9×10-8 AU/day2 and A2 = -1.4×10-8 AU/day2
The same comet in some other internet sources:
More details
Starting swarms of VCs...(heliocentric, osculating orbits)
Gravitational osculating swarm
Nongravitational osculating swarm,
A1, A2, A3 randomly selected,
τ - fixed
during swarm generation.
Nongravitational osculating swarm,
A3, , τ - fixed
during swarm generation.
Original and future orbit at the 250 AU from the Sun.
Comet number 8 in the Table: Nongravitational Oort spike comets (26 objects)
| Name | GR (1/a)ori [10-8 AU/day2] | GR (1/a)osc [10-8 AU/day2] epoch [TT] | GR 1/afut [10-8 AU/day2] | RMSGR [arcsec] | NG (1/a)ori [10-8 AU/day2] | NG (1/a)osc [10-8 AU/day2] epoch [TT] | NG 1/afut [10-8 AU/day2] | RMSNG [arcsec] | NG parameters A1 A2 A3 [10-8 AU/day2] tau shift [day] | |
| 8 | C/1959 Y1 Burnham weighting | -138.32 ± 15.93 | -592.78 ± 15.90 1960 03 07 | -589.97 ± 15.94 | 3.00 | +2.09 ± 123.88 | +445.88 ± 175.21 1960 03 07 | -286.65 ± 33.46 | 1.60 | 9.482 ± 1.244 1.276 ± 0.572 0.7251 ± 0.1979 -9.27 ± 1.55 |
Note: in the following plots black denotes returning clones while red denotes escaping ones.The nominal solution is located at the center of the green circle. Each plot have a header where date of calculation and some other parameters are coded. Also numbers of returning (B=shown+omitted), escaping (C=shown+omitted) and all (T=shown+omitted) Vcs are shown.
Past orbit, at previous perihelion for the returning VCs :
Past, gravitational.
Past, nongravitational , asynchronous.
Past, nongravitational, asynchronous,
142 returning outstanding VCs were omitted.
Past, nongravitational , asynchronous,
A3 fixed during swarm generation.
Past, nongravitational, asynchronous,
A3 fixed during swarm generation and
180 returning outstanding VCs were omitted.
Past, nongravitational , synchronous.
Past, nongravitational, synchronous,
42 returning and 9 escaping outstanding
VCs were omitted.
Past, nongravitational, synchronous,
A3 fixed during swarm generation.
Past, nongravitational , synchronous,
A3 fixed during swarm generation and
26 returning outstanding VCs were omitted.
Future orbits, at the escape border (no returning VCs) :
Future, gravitational.
Future, nongravitational,
A1,A2 i A3 randomly selected
during swarm generation.
Future, nongravitational,
A3 fixed during swarm generation.
