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Table B.1

Original barycentric orbits of C/2017 K2 at 250 au from the Sun, which were used as the starting orbit for the dynamical evolution discussed in this paper.

Solution a6 c5 b5
time of perihelion passage TT = 2022 12 18.803948 ± 0.000814 12 18.793820 ± 0.002840 12 18.814958 ± 0.000210
perihelion distance [au] 1.79565692 ± 0.00000240 1.79558257 ± 0.00000609 1.79561076 ± 0.00000124
Eccentricity 0.99994071 ± .00000082 0.99993541 ± 0.00000163 0.99992319 ± 0.00000041
inverse of the semimajor axis [10−6 au−1] 33.02 ± 0.45 35.97 ± 0.97 42.78 ± 0.23
inclination [deg] 87.573120± 0.000005 87.573189 ± 0.000077 87.573070± 0.000003
argument of perihelion [deg] 236.210369 ± 0.000072 236.211575 ± 0.000161 236.212047 ± 0.000035
longitude of the ascending node [deg] 88.086676± 0.000017 88.086242 ± 0.000051 88.086882± 0.000008
epoch of osculation [TT] 1723 01 29 1722 12 20 1722 12 20

Notes. Original orbits representing solutions a8 and a9 were published in KD18a and KD18b, respectively.

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