C/1989 R1 (Helin-Roman)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/1989 R1 (Helin-Roman)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 1989-08-20T06:57:23.126400Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:29:38Z
Obs used 19
NEO -
M1 -
K1 -
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 1989-09-20.0000000
e 0.99999476
q (au) 1.324504
a (au) 252659.816775
i (deg) 128.133260
Ω (om, deg) 128.609412
ω (w, deg) 154.909426
M (ma, deg) 0.000000

Magnitude

C/1989 R1 (Helin-Roman) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (13.756 + 2.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 13.756
n 2.000
gf 1.000
gb -1.000
k 0.800
δ90 10.000
Parameter Symbol Range Description
Absolute magnitude at 1 AU from Sun and Earth H0 -5 to 20 Intrinsic brightness of the comet
Photometric slope parameter n 2 to 6 Rate of brightness change with heliocentric distance
Forward scattering asymmetry factor gf 0.8 to 1 Degree of forward scattering
Backward scattering asymmetry factor gb -1 to -0.5 Degree of backward scattering
Partitioning coefficient k 0.8 to 1 Ratio between forward/backward scattering contributions
Dust-to-gas brightness ratio δ90 1 to 10 Relative contribution of dust scattering to gas emission

Reference: EPSC-DPS2025-160

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-07-29 00:00 09:47:38.62 -20:08:23.4 HIP 47915 29.67
2026-07-29 12:00 09:47:40.40 -20:08:25.3 HIP 47915 29.99
2026-07-30 00:00 09:47:42.19 -20:08:27.3 HIP 47915 30.31
2026-07-30 12:00 09:47:43.98 -20:08:29.5 HIP 47915 30.62
2026-07-31 00:00 09:47:45.78 -20:08:31.8 HIP 47915 30.95
2026-07-31 12:00 09:47:47.58 -20:08:34.2 HIP 47915 31.27
2026-08-01 00:00 09:47:49.39 -20:08:36.8 HIP 47915 31.59
2026-08-01 12:00 09:47:51.20 -20:08:39.6 HIP 47915 31.92
2026-08-02 00:00 09:47:53.01 -20:08:42.5 HIP 47915 32.25
2026-08-02 12:00 09:47:54.83 -20:08:45.5 HIP 47915 32.58
2026-08-03 00:00 09:47:56.65 -20:08:48.6 HIP 47915 32.91
2026-08-03 12:00 09:47:58.47 -20:08:52.0 HIP 47915 33.24
2026-08-04 00:00 09:48:00.30 -20:08:55.4 HIP 47915 33.58
2026-08-04 12:00 09:48:02.13 -20:08:59.0 HIP 48170 33.77
2026-08-05 00:00 09:48:03.97 -20:09:02.7 HIP 48170 33.64
2026-08-05 12:00 09:48:05.81 -20:09:06.6 HIP 48170 33.51
2026-08-06 00:00 09:48:07.65 -20:09:10.7 HIP 48170 33.39
2026-08-06 12:00 09:48:09.50 -20:09:14.8 HIP 48170 33.27
2026-08-07 00:00 09:48:11.35 -20:09:19.1 HIP 48170 33.17
2026-08-07 12:00 09:48:13.20 -20:09:23.6 HIP 48170 33.07
2026-08-08 00:00 09:48:15.05 -20:09:28.2 HIP 48170 32.98
2026-08-08 12:00 09:48:16.91 -20:09:32.9 HIP 48170 32.89
2026-08-09 00:00 09:48:18.77 -20:09:37.8 HIP 48170 32.82
2026-08-09 12:00 09:48:20.63 -20:09:42.8 HIP 48170 32.75
2026-08-10 00:00 09:48:22.49 -20:09:47.9 HIP 48170 32.69
2026-08-10 12:00 09:48:24.36 -20:09:53.2 HIP 48170 32.64
2026-08-11 00:00 09:48:26.23 -20:09:58.6 HIP 48170 32.59
2026-08-11 12:00 09:48:28.10 -20:10:04.2 HIP 48170 32.55
2026-08-12 00:00 09:48:29.97 -20:10:09.9 HIP 48170 32.53
2026-08-12 12:00 09:48:31.84 -20:10:15.8 HIP 48170 32.51
2026-08-13 00:00 09:48:33.71 -20:10:21.7 HIP 48170 32.50
2026-08-13 12:00 09:48:35.59 -20:10:27.9 HIP 48170 32.49
2026-08-14 00:00 09:48:37.46 -20:10:34.1 HIP 48170 32.50
2026-08-14 12:00 09:48:39.34 -20:10:40.5 HIP 48170 32.51
2026-08-15 00:00 09:48:41.22 -20:10:47.0 HIP 48170 32.54
2026-08-15 12:00 09:48:43.10 -20:10:53.7 HIP 48170 32.57
2026-08-16 00:00 09:48:44.98 -20:11:00.5 HIP 48170 32.61
2026-08-16 12:00 09:48:46.85 -20:11:07.4 HIP 48170 32.66
2026-08-17 00:00 09:48:48.73 -20:11:14.5 HIP 48170 32.71
2026-08-17 12:00 09:48:50.61 -20:11:21.7 HIP 48170 32.78
2026-08-18 00:00 09:48:52.49 -20:11:29.0 HIP 48170 32.85
2026-08-18 12:00 09:48:54.37 -20:11:36.4 HIP 48170 32.94
2026-08-19 00:00 09:48:56.25 -20:11:44.0 HIP 48170 33.03