Orbit of comet C/1860 M1 (Great Comet of 1860)

✍ Scribed by R. L. Branham Jr.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 144 KB
• Volume: 328
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-6337
• DOI: 10.1002/asna.200510665

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Comet C/1860 M1 (Great Comet of 1860) is one of a large number of comets with parabolic orbits. Given that there are sufficient observations of the comet, 261 in right ascension and 251 in declination, it proves possible to calculate a better orbit. The comet's orbit is hyperbolic, and statistically different from a parabola. The comet, therefore, cannot be considered to be a Near Earth Oject. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)