273P/Pons-Gambart

Key facts

Comet.name

273P/Pons-Gambart

Comet.image

273P 2013-03-18 PTF ImageDownload-2-irsakuops-ptf-5f5c5ffb54-wpzq9---1.png

Comet.caption

Comet Pons–Gambart by the Palomar Transient Factory on 18 March 2013

Comet.discoverer

Jean-Louis PonsJean-Félix Adolphe Gambart

Comet.discovery_date

21 June 1827

Comet.mpc_name

C/1827 M1, P/2012 V4

Comet.epoch

25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5)

Comet.observation_arc

187–904 years

Comet.earliest_precovery_date

May 1110?

Comet.obs

1,185

Comet.perihelion

0.826 AU

Comet.aphelion

63.147 AU