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147P/Kushida–Muramatsu

147P/Kushida–Muramatsu is a quasi-Hilda comet discovered in 1993 by Japanese astronomers Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu.

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Comet.period: 8.03 years
Comet.eccentricity: 0.21196
Comet.name: 147P/Kushida–Muramatsu
Comet.discoverer: Yoshio KushidaOsamu Muramatsu
Comet.discovery_site: Yatsugatake, Japan
Comet.discovery_date: 8 December 1993
Comet.mpc_name: P/1993 X1P/2000 T2
Comet.designations: 1993 XIX, 1993t
Comet.epoch: 17 October 2024 (JD 2460600.5)
Comet.observation_arc: 22.09 years
Comet.earliest_precovery_date: 7 December 1993
Comet.obs: 290
Comet.perihelion: 3.159 AU
Comet.aphelion: 4.859 AU
Comet.semimajor: 4.009 AU
Comet.inclination: 2.312°
Comet.asc_node: 91.667°
Comet.arg_peri: 348.57°

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147P/Kushida–Muramatsu is a quasi-Hilda comet discovered in 1993 by Japanese astronomers Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu.

== Observational history == The comet was discovered photographically by Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu from the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory on the night of 8 December 1993. Several orbital calculations by Shuichi Nakano later determined its periodic nature, at the time it has an orbital period of 7.40 years.