C/1890 V1 (Zona) | |
Discoverer: | Temistocle Zona |
Discovery Site: | Palermo Astronomical Obs. |
Discovery Date: | 15 November 1890 |
Designations: | 1890e 1890 IV |
Observation Arc: | 6 days |
Obs: | 5 |
Epoch: | 7 December 1890 (JD 2411708.5) |
Perihelion: | 2.0398 AU |
Aphelion: | 720.331 AU |
Semimajor: | 361.185 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.994352 |
Period: | 6,864.41 years |
Inclination: | 154.264° |
Asc Node: | 86.891° |
Arg Peri: | 330.879° |
Tjup: | –1.579 |
Earth Moid: | 1.0892 AU |
Jupiter Moid: | 1.8205 AU |
Last P: | 6 August 1890 |
C/1890 V1 (Zona) is a non-periodic comet discovered on November 15, 1890 by the Italian astronomer Temistocle Zona with an equatorially mounted Merz telescope at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo. Whilst attempting to observe this comet, Rudolf F. Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler in 1890.