289P/Blanpain

Key facts

Comet.name

289P/Blanpain

Comet.image

289P 2020-01-11 NEOWISE image 3-color.png

Comet.discoverer

Jean-Jacques Blanpain (Marseille, France)

Comet.discovery_date

1819 November 28/November 2003

Comet.designations

D/1819 W1;

Comet.epoch

1819 November 22

Comet.semimajor

2.993 AU

Comet.perihelion

0.891 AU

Comet.aphelion

5.094 AU

Comet.eccentricity

0.702

Comet.period

5.18 yr

Comet.inclination

9.23°

Comet.rotation