14P/Wolf

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**14P/Wolf**
Comet (List of comets)
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Discovery
Discoverer	Max Wolf
Discovery date	September 17, 1884
Alternate designations	1891 J1, 1884 S1
Orbital elements ^A
Epoch December 2, 2000
Eccentricity (e)	0.407
Semi-major axis (a)	4.07 AU
Perihelion (q)	2.72 AU
Aphelion (Q)	{{{aphelion}}}
Orbital period (P)	8.74 a
Inclination (i)	27.52°
Last perihelion date	November 21, 2000
Next est. perihelion date	February 27, 2009

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet in our solar system.

Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It was later discovered, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland (Dun Echt Observatory, Aberdeen, Scotland) on September 23.

Previously, the comet had a perihelion of 2.74 AU and an orbital period of 8.84 a, this changed to a perihelion of 2.43 AU and orbital period of 8.28 a due to passing 0.125 AU from Jupiter on September 27, 1922, the current values have been from when the comet passed Jupiter again on August 13, 2005. Another close approach to Jupiter on March 10, 2041 will return the comet to parameters similar to the period 1925 to 2000.