Orbit of Comet C/1850 Q1 (Bond)
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Vol. 20 (2) , 184-188
- https://doi.org/10.1071/as02014
Abstract
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
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