C/1921 H1 (Dubiago)
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Halley-type comet
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Alexander Dubyago |
Discovery site | Kazan Observatory |
Discovery date | 24 April 1921 |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch | 21 May 1921 (JD 2422830.5) |
Observation arc | 40 days |
Number of observations | 27 |
Aphelion | 33.088 AU |
Perihelion | 1.1161 AU |
Semi-major axis | 17.102 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.93474 |
Orbital period | 70.73 years |
Inclination | 22.345° |
67.127° | |
Argument of periapsis | 97.481° |
Last perihelion | 5 May 1921 (last observation) 9 August 1982 (calculated) |
Next perihelion | 25 June 2041 |
TJupiter | 1.496 |
Earth MOID | 0.384 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 0.817 AU |
Physical characteristics[2] | |
10.5 (1921 apparition) |
Dubiago's Comet, formally known as C/1921 H1 by its modern nomenclature, is a faint Halley-type comet that completes an orbit around the Sun once every 61–79 years.[2] It was predicted to return in 1982, but it was not observed. It will next return to the inner Solar System by 2041.
References
[edit]- ^ "C/1921 H1 (Dubiago) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b G. W. Kronk (2003). "C/1921 H1 (Dubiago)". Cometography.com. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- C/1921 H1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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