70P/Kojima

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70P/Kojima
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Discovery
Discovered by Nobuhisa Kojima at Ishiki, Aichi, Japan
Discovery date27 December 1970
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 2014-Dec-9
Aphelion 5,345 AU
Perihelion 2.0068 AU
Semi-major axis 3.6759 AU
Eccentricity 0.4541
Orbital period 7.05 yr
Inclination 6.6003°
Last perihelion2021-Nov-03 [1]
2014-Oct-20
Next perihelion2028-Nov-21 [2]

70P/Kojima is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 7.05 years. [3] [4]

It was discovered at Ishiki, Aichi, Japan by Nobuhisa Kojima, who estimated its brightness at magnitude 14. Its parabolic orbit was calculated by Kiichirō Furukawa to have a perihelion date of 1 November 1970. This was revised on the basis of further observations to an elliptical orbit with a perihelion of 7 October and an orbital period of 6.16.

Hiroki Kosai and Furukawa relocated the comet on 9 December 1977 at its next predicted apparition with the 105 cm Schmidt telescope at the Kiso Station of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, estimating its brightness at magnitude 16. It was subsequently observed in 1985/1986 and 1992/1994 by Spacewatch with magnitudes of 20 and 22.1. The comet then passed close to Jupiter, which reduced the perihelion distance from 2.4 AU (Astronomical Unit) to 1.97 AU, increased the eccentricity from 0.39 to 0.46 and reduced the orbital period from 7.85 to 6.99 years.

Its nucleus is estimated to have an effective radius of 1.82 ± 0.09 kilometers and its rotational period is estimated to be 22 ± 5 hours. [5]

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References

  1. MPC
  2. "Horizons Batch for 70P/Kojima (90000714) on 2028-Nov-21" (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive). JPL Horizons . Retrieved 2023-07-06. (JPL#60 Soln.date: 2023-Apr-05)
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  4. "Elements and Ephemeris for 70P/Kojima". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  5. Lamy, P. L.; Toth, I.; Weaver, H. A.; A'Hearn, M. F.; Jorda, L. (11 April 2011). "Properties of the nuclei and comae of 10 ecliptic comets from Hubble Space Telescope multi-orbit observations★: HST observations of 10 ecliptic comets". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412 (3): 1573–1590. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17934.x .
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