C/1890 V1 (Zona) Explained

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.