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Table 1

Orbital parameters of the target comets.

Comet aa [AU] eb qc [AU] tpd [yr] ie [°] Perif [°] Nodeg [°] Classificationh

C/2005 L3 (McNaught) 12 158 0.9995 5.59 2008 Jan. 16 139.4 47.1 288.7 dyn. new
C/2005 S4 (McNaught) 5676 0.9990 5.85 2007 July 18 108.0 31.5 318.3 returning
C/2007 JA21 (LINEAR) 2990 1.0018 5.37 2006 Nov. 14 89.8 93.7 65.5 dyn. new
C/2007 M1 (McNaught) 1564 0.9948 7.47 2008 Aug. 11 139.7 52.6 326.8 returning
C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring) 1651 1.003 4.51 2010 Sep. 29 61.2 80.4 218.3 dyn. new
C/2009 S3 (Lemmon) 3807 1.0017 6.48 2011 Dec. 10 60.4 129.7 225.1 returning
C/2010 R1 (LINEAR) 2029 1.0028 5.62 2012 May 19 156.9 114.5 343.6 dyn. new
C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) 1689 1.0002 0.3 2013 Mar. 9 84.0 333.6 65.7 dyn. new

Notes.

(a)

Semimajor axis.

(b)

Orbital eccentricity.

(c)

Perihelion distance.

(d)

Time of perihelion passage.

(e)

Inclination.

(f)

J2000 argument of perihelion.

(g)

J2000 longitude of ascending node.

(h)

Based on the original semimajor axis in the Nakano Notes (orbital computations by Syuichi Nakano), http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm (the original semimajor axis is determined after the integration backward one orbit, under the influence of the Sun and planets, galactic tides, and possibly nongravitational forces and nearby stars).

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