C/1890 V1 (Zona)
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Temistocle Zona |
Discovery site | Palermo Astronomical Obs. |
Discovery date | 15 November 1890 |
Designations | |
1890e 1890 IV | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch | 7 December 1890 (JD 2411708.5) |
Observation arc | 6 days |
Number of observations | 5 |
Aphelion | 720.331 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0398 AU |
Semi-major axis | 361.185 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.994352 |
Orbital period | 6,864.41 years |
Inclination | 154.264° |
86.891° | |
Argument of periapsis | 330.879° |
Last perihelion | 6 August 1890 |
TJupiter | –1.579 |
Earth MOID | 1.0892 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 1.8205 AU |
C/1890 V1 (Zona) is a non-periodic comet discovered on November 15, 1890 by the Italian astronomer Temistocle Zona[2] with an equatorially mounted Merz telescope at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo.[3] Whilst attempting to observe this comet, Rudolf F. Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler in 1890.
References
[edit]- ^ "C/1890 V1 (Zona) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ G. W. Kronk (2003). "C/1890 V1 (Zona)". Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 658–660. ISBN 0521585058.
- ^ T. Zona (1891). "Osservazioni della Cometa 1890 IV (Zona Nov. 15)" (PDF). Astronomische Nachrichten (in Italian). 126 (9): 141–142. Bibcode:1891AN....126..141Z. doi:10.1002/asna.18911260907.