128P/Shoemaker–Holt
Sign in to save128P/Shoemaker–Holt, also known as Shoemaker-Holt 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet passed close to Jupiter in 1982 and was discovered in 1987. The comet was last observed in March 2018.
Key facts
- Comet.name
- 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
- Comet.discoverer
- Carolyn S. ShoemakerEugene Merle ShoemakerHenry E. Holt
- Comet.discovery_date
- October 18, 1987
- Comet.designations
- 1988 VII; 1996 S2
- Comet.epoch
- March 6, 2006
- Comet.semimajor
- 4.51 AU
- Comet.perihelion
- 3.068 AU
- Comet.aphelion
- 5.952 AU
- Comet.eccentricity
- 0.3197
- Comet.period
- 9.579 a
- Comet.inclination
- 4.3555°
- Comet.dimensions
- 4.6 km (B)
- Comet.last_p
- May 6, 2017? (A)January 10, 2017June 13, 2007
- Comet.next_p
- 2026-Jul-172026-Jul-17 (B)2027-Jan-10? (A)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Jupiter-family comet
- Parent body
- Sun
- Orbital period
- 3492.646768063308
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- discoverer or inventor
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker
- time of discovery or invention
- 1987-10-18
- periapsis date (DEPRECATED)
- 2026-07-16
- absolute magnitude
- 6.8
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.3220169800985928
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 4.505097130049611
- periapsis
- 3.054379357180198
- apoapsis
- 5.955814902919024
- orbital inclination
- 4.363311993562433
- longitude of ascending node
- 214.3433433088412
- argument of periapsis
- 210.4973348075075
- mean anomaly
- 247.3261214294736
- time of periapsis
- 2457763.6390495403
- epoch
- January 13, 2014
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128P/Shoemaker–Holt, also known as Shoemaker-Holt 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet passed close to Jupiter in 1982 and was discovered in 1987. The comet was last observed in March 2018.
The nucleus was split into two pieces (A+B) during the 1997 apparition. Fragment A was last observed in 1996 and only has a 79-day observation arc. Fragment B is estimated to be 4.6 km in diameter.
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