MPEC 2022-A164 :
Zitat:
COMET P/1997 B1 = P/2021 W2 (Kobayashi)
An object observed on Jan. 11 UT at Purple Mountain Observatory, XuYi
Station, reported as an NEOCP candidate was identified by the MPC as being a
recovery of comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi). The MPC then located an ITF tracklet
taken on 2021 Nov. 29 at Kitt Peak-Bok (V00). Additional detections were
subsequently found by R. Weryk in Pan STARRS 1 (F51) and Pan STARRS 2 (F52)
images from Nov. 2021 and Jan. 2022, noting a very condensed coma and 2" tail
in the Jan. images.
Orbital elements:
P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi)
Epoch 2022 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2459600.5
T 2022 Mar. 29.95504 TT Rudenko
q 2.0562275 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.03919033 Peri. 183.32043 -0.88391039 -0.45442798
a 8.5838762 Node 328.88214 +0.43383957 -0.70862685
e 0.7604547 Incl. 12.33958 +0.17460141 -0.53976218
P 25.1
From 263 observations 1997 Jan. 30-2022 Jan. 11, mean residual 0".6.