163P/NEAT

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163P/NEAT
Discovery
Discovered by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (644) [1]
Discovery dateNovember 5, 2004
Designations
2004 V4
Orbital characteristics
Epoch February 10, 2012
(JD 2455967.5)
(Uncertainty=2) [2]
Aphelion 5.470 AU (Q)
Perihelion 2.056 AU (q)
Semi-major axis 3.763 AU (a)
Eccentricity 0.4535
Orbital period 7.30 yr
Inclination 12.71°
Last perihelionAugust 5, 2019 [3] [4]
April 12, 2012 [3]
January 31, 2005 [5]
Next perihelion2026-Nov-24 [4]

163P/NEAT is a periodic comet discovered on November 5, 2004 by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) using the 1.2 meter Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory. [1]

Precovery images of the comet were found by Maik Meyer in December 2004. [6] There were two images from 1997, two images from 1991, and three images from 1990. [7]

During the 2005 perihelion passage the comet brightened to an apparent magnitude of about 16. [8]

Around November 17, 2114, the comet will pass about 0.117  AU (17,500,000  km ; 10,900,000  mi ) from Jupiter. [9]

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References

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