113P/Spitaler

Key facts

Comet.name

113P/Spitaler

Comet.image

113P 2022-12-01 image ZTF-sso-520-zr-fov-4.0arcmin.png

Comet.caption

Spitaler's Comet as seen from the Zwicky Transient Facility on 1 December 2022

Comet.discoverer

Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler

Comet.discovery_site

Vienna, Austria

Comet.discovery_date

17 November 1890

Comet.mpc_name

P/1890 W1, P/1993 U2

Comet.epoch

31 March 2024 (JD 2460400.5)

Comet.observation_arc

132.41 years

Comet.obs

1,022

Comet.perihelion

2.143 AU

Comet.aphelion

5.246 AU