Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Temistocle Zona |
Discovery site | Palermo Astronomical Obs. |
Discovery date | 15 November 1890 |
Designations | |
Alternative designations | 1890e 1890 IV |
Orbital characteristics | |
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° |
Longitude of ascending node | 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 with an equatorially mounted Merz telescope at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo. Whilst attempting to observe this comet, Rudolf F. Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler in 1890.
References
- "C/1890 V1 (Zona) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- G. W. Kronk (2003). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 658–660. ISBN 978-0-521-58505-7.
- 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.
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