C/1890 V1 (Zona)
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2.039 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 361.185 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.994352 |
| Orbital period | ~6,860 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 15 November 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 on 17 November, Rudolf F. Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler very close to where Zona's Comet was positioned.[4]
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.
- ^ R. F. Spitaler. "Comet Spitaler (1890 Nov. 16)". Astronomische Nachrichten. 126 (8): 121–122. Bibcode:1890AN....126..121S. doi:10.1002/asna.18911260808.
External links
- C/1890 V1 at the JPL Small-Body Database