C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley)
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 7 October 1999 |
| Designations | |
| C/1999 T1, Comet McNaught-Hartley | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 2451880.5 (2 December 2000) [1] |
| Number of observations | 357 recorded from 7 October 1999 to 1 April 2001 [1] |
| Perihelion | 344.75707 [1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.9997929 [1] |
| Inclination | 79.97493° |
Comet McNaught-Hartley and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a periodic comet, discovered by Robert McNaught and Malcolm Hartley in the Siding Spring Observatory in 1999.[1]
Ulysses probe
In 2004, the Ulysses spacecraft passed by C/2006 P1's comet tail, making it Ulysses's second encounter with going through a comets ion tail.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "C/1999 T1 ( McNaught-Hartley )". aerith.net. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Ulysses Catches Another Comet by the Tail
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