130P/McNaught–Hughes

130P/McNaught–Hughes is a Jupiter-family comet with a 6.22-year orbit around the Sun. It is the second of two comets co-discovered by Robert H. McNaught and Shaun M. Hughes.

Key facts

Comet.name: 130P/McNaught-Hughes
Comet.image: Comet 130P McNaught–Hughes 2024-08-03.png
Comet.caption: Comet McNaught–Hughes imaged from an 8-in reflector on 3 August 2024
Comet.discoverer: Robert H. McNaughtShaun M. Hughes
Comet.discovery_site: Siding Spring Observatory
Comet.discovery_date: 30 September 1991
Comet.mpc_name: P/1991 S1, P/1997 H1
Comet.designations: 1991 IX, 1991y
Comet.epoch: 24 February 2018 (JD 2458173.5)
Comet.observation_arc: 33.43 years
Comet.earliest_precovery_date: 14 September 1991
Comet.obs: 2,362

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130P/McNaught–Hughes is a Jupiter-family comet with a 6.22-year orbit around the Sun. It is the second of two comets co-discovered by Robert H. McNaught and Shaun M. Hughes.

== Physical characteristics == Initial estimates of in 1994 place the size of its nucleus to be around in diameter. Infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope between 2006 and 2007 reveal the nucleus of this comet to be about in diameter.