Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Temistocle Zona |
Discovery date | 15 November 1890 |
Designations | |
Comet Zona, C/1890e, C/1890 IV | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | 1890-Aug-07.3827 UT |
Perihelion | 2.046694 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.995872 |
Orbital period | ~11040 a |
Inclination | 154.3070° |
C/1890 V1 (Zona) is a non-periodic comet discovered on 15 November 1890 by the Italian astronomer Temistocle Zona[1] with an equatorially mounted Merz telescope at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo.[2] Whilst attempting to observe this comet, Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler in 1890.
References
[edit]- ^ Kronk, Gary W. (2003). "C/1890 V1 (Zona)". Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 658–660. ISBN 0521585058.
- ^ Osservazioni della Cometa 1890 IV (Zona Nov. 15)
External links
[edit]- C/1890 V1 (Zona) – Applet Java