168P/Hergenrother

Key facts

Comet.name

168P/Hergenrother

Comet.image

168p-hergenrother.jpg

Comet.caption

168P/Hergenrother during its 2012 outburst as imaged from the Mount Lemmon Observatory

Comet.discoverer

Carl W. Hergenrother

Comet.discovery_site

Catalina Sky Survey

Comet.discovery_date

22 November 1998

Comet.mpc_name

P/1998 W2, P/2005 N2

Comet.epoch

25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5)

Comet.observation_arc

21.12 years

Comet.earliest_precovery_date

21 November 1998

Comet.obs

3,631

Comet.perihelion

1.357 AU