170P/Christensen

170P/Christensen
Discovery
Discovered by	Eric J. Christensen
Discovery date	June 17, 2005
Alternative designations	P/2005 M1
Orbital characteristics ^A
Epoch	March 6, 2006
Aphelion	5.487 AU
Perihelion	2.93 AU
Semi-major axis	4.208 AU
Eccentricity	0.3038
Orbital period	8.633 a
Inclination	10.1255°
Last perihelion	January 26, 2006
Next perihelion	September 18–19, 2014^[1]^[2]

170P/Christensen is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It will next come to perihelion in September 2014 at about apparent magnitude 18.

References

↑ "170P/Christensen Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
↑ Syuichi Nakano (2011-11-03). "170P/Christensen (NK 2153)". OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

External links

Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
170P on Seiichi Yoshida's comet list
Elements and Ephemeris for 170P/Christensen – Minor Planet Center

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Recovered	11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 15P/Finlay 17P/Holmes 27P/Crommelin 54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT 55P/Tempel–Tuttle 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 69P/Taylor 72P/Denning–Fujikawa 80P/Peters–Hartley 97P/Metcalf–Brewington 107P/Wilson–Harrington 109P/Swift–Tuttle 113P/Spitaler 122P/de Vico 157P/Tritton 177P/Barnard 205P/Giacobini 206P/Barnard–Boattini 271P/van Houten–Lemmon 273P/Pons–Gambart 289P/Blanpain

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