Comet P/2019 E1 = P/2003 L1 (Scotti)
Abstract
E. Schwab, Egelsbach, Germany, reports the recovery of comet P/2003 L1 (cf. IAUCs 8145, 8153) on CCD images obtained by D. Abreu with the 1.0-m f/4.4 reflector at the European Space Agency's Optical Ground Station at Tenerife, Spain (astrometry tabulated below). The comet shows a faint tail extending about 10" in p.a. 300 degrees in what is apparently a stacked image totalling 600 s of exposure time. 2019 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Observer Mar. 9.10987 11 35 12.12 - 6 40 13.0 20.3 Abreu 9.11741 11 35 11.92 - 6 40 11.7 20.3 " 9.12493 11 35 11.70 - 6 40 10.3 20.3 " 10.09125 11 34 46.85 - 6 37 09.7 20.4 " 10.09879 11 34 46.66 - 6 37 08.0 20.3 " 10.10633 11 34 46.44 - 6 37 06.7 20.2 " The indicated correction to the prediction by S. Nakano in the ICQ's 2019 Comet Handbook is Delta(T) = -0.17 day. The following linked orbital elements by G. V. Williams, from 75 observations spanning 2002 Apr. 5-2019 Mar. 10 (mean residual 0".4), appear on MPEC 2019-E80. Epoch = 2020 July 10.0 TT T = 2020 July 11.30192 TT Peri. = 354.97025 e = 0.2527396 Node = 226.05927 2000.0 q = 5.0167158 AU Incl. = 9.02208 a = 6.7134778 AU n = 0.05666080 P = 17.4 years
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Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams
- Pub Date:
- March 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019CBET.4612....1S