C/1980 E1 (Bowell)

C/1980 E1 (Bowell)
Hyperbolic path with annual motion
Discovery
Discovered byEdward L. G. Bowell
Discovery date11 February 1980
Designations
C/1980 E1
Orbital characteristics[2]
EpochJD 2444972.5
(3 January 1982)
Observation arc6.88 years
Number of
observations		187
Aphelion~75000 AU (inbound)[1]
Perihelion3.3639 AU[2]
Eccentricity1.057[2] (hyperbolic trajectory)
1.053 (epoch 1984+)[1]
Orbital period~7.1 million years (epoch 1950)[1]
Ejection (epoch 1977+)[1]
Inclination1.6617°
114.558°
Argument of
periapsis		135.083°
Last perihelion12 March 1982[2]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions> 1 km

C/1980 E1 is a non-periodic comet discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell on 11 February 1980 and which came closest to the Sun (perihelion) in March 1982. It is leaving the Solar System on a hyperbolic trajectory due to a close approach to Jupiter. In the 43 years since its discovery only two objects with higher eccentricities have been identified, 1I/ʻOumuamua (1.2) and 2I/Borisov (3.35).[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference barycenter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference jpldata was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ de la Fuente Marcos, Carlos; de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl (1 November 2017). "Pole, Pericenter, and Nodes of the Interstellar Minor Body A/2017 U1". Research Notes of the AAS. 1 (1): 9 (2 pages). arXiv:1711.00445. Bibcode:2017RNAAS...1....5D. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/aa96b4. S2CID 119537175.
  4. ^ de León, Julia; Licandro, Javier; Serra-Ricart, Miquel; Cabrera-Lavers, Antonio; Font Serra, Joan; Scarpa, Riccardo; de la Fuente Marcos, Carlos; de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl (19 September 2019). "Interstellar Visitors: A Physical Characterization of Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC". Research Notes of the AAS. 3 (9): 131. Bibcode:2019RNAAS...3..131D. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab449c. ISSN 2515-5172. S2CID 204193392.