74P / Smirnova-Chernykh
74P / Smirnova-Chernykh [i] | |
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74P / Smirnova-Chernykh | |
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Periodic comet |
Numerical eccentricity | 0.1485 |
Perihelion | 3,557 AU |
Aphelion | 4,790 AU |
Major semi-axis | 4,173 AU |
Sidereal period | 8.53 a |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6,647 ° |
Physical properties of the core | |
Medium diameter | 4.46 km |
history | |
Explorer | Tamara Michailowna Smirnowa , Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
Date of discovery | March 4th 1975 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . Please also note the note on comet articles . |
74P / Smirnova-Chernykh is a periodic comet in our solar system . He was discovered at the end of March 1975 by Tamara Michailowna Smirnowa and Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory . In images of its discovery, the comet had an apparent magnitude of around 15. In the year of its discovery, the comet reached its perihelion on August 6, 1975 .
The comet was photographed in 1967 but was identified as an asteroid and given the 1967 EU designation.
The comet is estimated to be about 4.46 km in diameter, and currently has an orbit entirely within the orbit of Jupiter .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gary W Kronk : 74P / Smirnova-Chernykh . Retrieved January 25, 2010. ( Cometography Home Page )
- ↑ Seiichi Yoshida: 74P / Smirnova-Chernykh . Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog. August 28, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 74P / Smirnova-Chernykh . Jet Propulsion Laboratory. December 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.