82P/Gehrels
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1975 |
| Designations | |
| Gehrels 3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 2455200.5 (January 4, 2010) |
| Semi-major axis | 4.139313 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.122228 |
| Orbital period | 8.42 a |
| Inclination | 1.1261° |
| Last perihelion | 1993.2 |
82P/Gehrels is a comet that was discovered on October 27, 1975 by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California. It has an estimated diameter of 1.46 km.[1] This object has been identified as a quasi-Hilda comet, which means it is in a 3:2 mean-motion resonance with the planet Jupiter.[2]
References
- ^ Lamy, P. L.; Toth, I.; Fernandez, Y. R.; Weaver, H. A. (2004). The sizes, shapes, albedos, and colors of cometary nuclei. Bibcode:2004come.book..223L.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|booktitle=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|editors=ignored (|editor=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ohtsuka, K.; Ito, T.; Yoshikawa, M.; Asher, D. J.; Arakida, H. (2008). "Quasi-Hilda comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu. Another long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 489 (3): 1355–1362. Bibcode:2008A&A...489.1355O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810321.
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