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Periodic comet with 6 year orbit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
116P/Wild, also known as Wild 4, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter > 3; a < aJupiter).
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Paul Wild |
Discovery date | January 21, 1990 |
Designations | |
1990 X; 1994 V1 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | March 6, 2006 |
Aphelion | 4.784 AU |
Perihelion | 2.172 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.478 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.3755 |
Orbital period | 6.486 a |
Inclination | 3.6154° |
Last perihelion | 2022-Jul-16[1] January 11, 2016 July 18, 2009 |
Next perihelion | 2029-Jan-16[2] |
On 4 November 2042 the comet will pass about 0.029 AU (4,300,000 km; 2,700,000 mi) from Ceres.[3]
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