Comet Skorichenko–George

Comet Skorichenko–George (sometimes spelled Scorichenko–George) is also designated C/1989 Y1, 1990 VI, and 1989e1. It was discovered on December 17, 1989 by Doug George of Kanata (near Ottawa), Ontario, Canada, and Soviet astronomer Boris Skoritchenko (Mezmay, Krasnodar Krai). Skoritchenko was using 8×20 binoculars,[2] whilst George was using a 16" reflector and had searched for 65 hours. The comet was magnitude 10.5 in the northern evening sky. It passed its perihelion on April 11, 1990 at a distant 1.57 AU,[3] and remained in the Earth's evening sky through April 1990, at magnitude 9–10.

C/1989 Y1
(Skorichenko–George)
Discovery
Discovered byBoris Skoritchenko & Doug George
Discovery dateDecember 17, 1989
Designations
1990 VI, 1989e1
Orbital characteristics
Aphelion~3140 AU[1]
Perihelion1.569172
Semi-major axis~1571 AU[1]
Eccentricity1.000308
Orbital period~62,000 yr[1]
Inclination59.3660
Last perihelionApril 11, 1990
Next perihelionunknown

C2 emission bands were observed in the comet Skorichenko-George.

References
  1. Horizons output. "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for Comet C/1989 Y1 (Skorichenko-George)". Retrieved 2011-02-04. (Solution using the Solar System Barycenter and barycentric coordinates. Select Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)
  2. V. Korneyev's home page (in Russian)
  3. JPL Small-Body Database Browser


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