C/1927 E1 (Stearns)

C/1927 E1 (Stearns)

Stearns' Comet photographed by George van Biesbroeck on 13 March 1927. [1]
Discovery [2] [3]
Discovered by	Carl Leo Stearns
Discovery site	Van Vleck Observatory
Discovery date	10 March 1927
Designations
Alternative designations	1927 IV, 1927d [4]
Orbital characteristics [5]
Epoch	28 April 1927 (JD 2424998.5)
Observation arc	4.005 years [6]
Number of observations	17
Perihelion	3.685 AU
Eccentricity	1.00127
Inclination	87.690°
Longitude of ascending node	215.66°
Argument of periapsis	11.068°
Mean anomaly	0.0002°
Last perihelion	22 March 1927
TJupiter	0.100
Earth MOID	2.693 AU
Jupiter MOID	1.728 AU
Comet total magnitude (M1)	1.9 [6]
Comet nuclear magnitude (M2)	7.5

Stearns' Comet, also known by its formal designation C/1927 E1, is a distant non-periodic comet that was observed from 1927 to 1931. It is the only comet discovered by Dr. Carl Leo Stearns.

References

1. G. van Biesbroeck (1927). "Comet Notes". Popular Astronomy. 35: 227. Bibcode:1927PA.....35..227V.
2. C. L. Stearns (15 March 1927). E. Strömgren (ed.). "Comet Stearns (1927d)". IAU Circular. 142 (1).
3. "Our Astronomical Column". Nature. Vol. 116. 19 March 1927. p. 437.
4. "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. "C/1927 E1 (Stearns) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 July 2025.
6. G. W. Kronk (2007). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 3: 1900–1932. Cambridge University Press. pp. 484–492. ISBN   978-0-521-58506-4.

External links

• C/1927 E1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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