42P/Neujmin
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by: | Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin |
Discovery date: | August 2, 1929 |
Alternate designations: | 1929 III; 1951 V; 1972 IV; 1993 XVI |
Orbital characteristics A | |
Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
Aphelion distance: | 7.701 AU |
Perihelion distance: | 2.014 AU |
Semi-major axis: | 4.858 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.5854 |
Orbital period: | 10.71 a |
Inclination: | 3.9854° |
Last perihelion: | July 16, 2004 |
Next perihelion: | 2015 |
42P/Neujmin, also known as Neujmin 3, is a periodic comet in our solar system.
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