C/1899 E1 (Swift)

C/1899 E1 (Swift)
	A series of photographs of Comet Swift taken by Edwin F. Coddington on 8–10 May 1899
Discovery
Discovered by	Lewis A. Swift
Discovery site	Mount Lowe Obs.
Discovery date	4 March 1899
Designations
Alternative designations	1899a; 1899 I
Orbital characteristics
Epoch	4 May 1899 (JD 2414778.5)
Observation arc	126 days
Number of; observations	151
Perihelion	0.327 AU
Eccentricity	1.00033
Inclination	146.27°
Longitude of; ascending node	26.41°
Argument of; periapsis	8.706°
Last perihelion	13 April 1899
Earth MOID	0.506 AU
Jupiter MOID	0.917 AU

Comet Swift, also known as C/1899 E1 from its modern nomenclature, is a hyperbolic comet that became visible to the naked eye in early 1899. It is one of 13 comets discovered by American astronomer, Lewis A. Swift.

References

^ E. F. Coddington; H. K. Palmer (1899). "Photographic Observations of Comet a, 1899 (Swift)" (PDF). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 11 (69): 147–150. doi:10.1086/121324. JSTOR 40671368.
^ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ "C/1899 E1 (Swift) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

External links

C/1899 E1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[Coddington_1899-1] E. F. Coddington; H. K. Palmer (1899). "Photographic Observations of Comet a, 1899 (Swift)" (PDF). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 11 (69): 147–150. doi:10.1086/121324. JSTOR 40671368.

[ICQ1-2] "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

[jpl-3] "C/1899 E1 (Swift) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

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