C/1894 G1 (Gale)

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C/1894 G1 (Gale)
Comet Gale.jpg
Comet Gale (1894 II) photographed by Edward E. Barnard from the Lick Observatory on 5 May 1894
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Walter F. Gale
Discovery site Sydney, Australia
Discovery date1 April 1894
Designations
1894 II, 1894b [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 4 June 1894 (JD 2412983.5)
Observation arc 82 days
Number of
observations		45
Aphelion 176.85 AU
Perihelion 0.983 AU
Semi-major axis 88.914 AU
Eccentricity 0.98298
Orbital period 838.42 years
Inclination 86.959°
207.89°
Argument of
periapsis 		324.17°
Mean anomaly 0.060°
Last perihelion13 April 1894
TJupiter 0.124
Earth MOID 0.076 AU
Jupiter MOID 1.230 AU
Physical characteristics [4]
Comet nuclear
magnitude (M2)		6.3
3.0
(1894 apparition)

C/1894 G1 (Gale), also known formerly as 1894 II, is a long-period comet that became barely visible to the naked eye in May 1894. It is the first of three comets discovered by Australian astronomer Walter Frederick Gale.

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Possible meteor shower

The comet's small minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth (0.076 AU) led scientists in 2021 to suggest that C/1894 G1 might potentially be the progenitor of a meteor shower known as the December Iota Ursae Majorids, however no definite link has yet been found between that particular shower and the comet. [5]

References

  1. ↑ W. F. Gale (1894). "Beobachtungen des Cometen 1894… (Gale April 3)". Astronomische Nachrichten (in German). 135 (8): 149–150. doi:10.1002/asna.18941350805.
  2. ↑ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "C/1894 G1 (Gale) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ↑ G. W. Kronk (2003). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 717–722. ISBN   978-0-521-58505-7.
  5. ↑ M. Hajduková; L. Neslušan (2021). "Modeling the Meteoroid Streams of comets C/1894 G1 (Gale) and C/1936 O1 (Kaho–Kozik–Lis)". Planetary and Space Science . Bibcode:2021P&SS..19505152H. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2020.105152.
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