56P/Slaughter-Burnham

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56P/Slaughter-Burnham
Discovery
Discovered by: Charles D. Slaughter
Robert Burnham
Discovery date: January 27, 1959
Alternate designations: 1958 VI; 1970 V; 1981 XVIII;
1993 X
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch: March 6, 2006
Aphelion distance: 7.679 AU
Perihelion distance: 2.535 AU
Semi-major axis: 5.107 AU
Eccentricity: 0.5036
Orbital period: 11.54 a
Inclination: 8.1558°
Last perihelion: January 14, 2005
Next perihelion: 2016

56P/Slaughter-Burnham is a periodic comet in our solar system.

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