Hyperbolic comet

C/2007 W1 (Boattini)

A long-period comet discovered by Andrea Boattini through the Mount Lemmon Survey, on a near-parabolic orbit with an eccentricity extremely close to 1. Like the other long-period comets here it is a distant Solar-System visitor, not an interstellar object: its original orbit is bound and it is not being ejected from the Solar System — the tiny excess over a parabola is an epoch-dependent, perturbed value.

Hyperbolic (Solar-System origin)Near-parabolic (e ≈ 1) — a long-period comet

Physical & orbital character

Origin:A Solar-System long-period comet — not interstellar

How it was identified

Trajectory class:Near-Parabolic Orbit

Detected by survey:Catalina Sky Survey

Catalogued by:Minor Planet Center

Related comet class:Long-Period Comets

Knowledge connections

Trajectory classNear-Parabolic Orbit
Surveyed byCatalina Sky Survey
Catalogued inMinor Planet Center
Associated withLong-Period Comets

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

Minor Planet CenterIAU Minor Planet Center
Designations and orbits of asteroids, comets, and minor bodies.
NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

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C/2007 W1 (Boattini)

Hyperbolic (Solar-System origin)Near-parabolic (e ≈ 1) — a long-period comet

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

Minor Planet CenterIAU Minor Planet Center

Designations and orbits of asteroids, comets, and minor bodies.

NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.