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Orbit of Comet C/1850 Q1 (Bond)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Richard L. Branham Jr
Richard L. Branham Jr*
Affiliation:
Instituto Argentino de Glaciología y Nivología (IANIGLA), C.C. 330, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina. rlb@lanet.com.ar
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Abstract

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Comet C/1850 Q1 (Bond) is one of a number of comets catalogued with parabolic orbits. Given that there are sufficient observations, 104 in right ascension and 103 in declination, it proves possible to calculate a better orbit. Some of the difficulties of working with 19th century observations, which show considerable scatter, are discussed. Rectangular coordinates, both of the comet and the Sun, are interpolated by a recursive version of Aitken's method, rendering unnecessary the need to specify an order for the interpolation. Comet Bond's orbit is slightly hyperbolic.

Keywords

celestial mechanicscomets: individual (C/1850 Q1)methods: data analysis
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 2003 , pp. 184 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2003

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