
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Branham Jr, Richard L. 
T1  - Orbit of Comet C/1850 Q1 (Bond)
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SP  - 184
EP  - 188
KW  - celestial mechanics &#8212; comets: individual (C/1850 Q1) &#8212; methods: data analysis
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS02014 
N2  - Comet C/1850 Q1 (Bond) is one of a number of comets catalogued with parabolic orbits. Given that there are sufficient observations, 104 in right ascension and 103 in declination, it proves possible to calculate a better orbit. Some of the difficulties of working with 19th century observations, which show considerable scatter, are discussed. Rectangular coordinates, both of the comet and the Sun, are interpolated by a recursive version of Aitken&#39;s method, rendering unnecessary the need to specify an order for the interpolation. Comet Bond&#39;s orbit is slightly hyperbolic. 
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