30P/Reinmuth
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Comet 30P/Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was first discovered by Karl Reinmuth (Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany) on February 22, 1928.
Key facts
- Comet.name
- 30P/Reinmuth
- Comet.image
- 30P 2010-02-18 PTF ImageDownload-5-irsakuops-ptf-5f5c5ffb54-wpzq9---1.png
- Comet.caption
- The comet on 18 February 2010 by Palomar Transient Factory
- Comet.discoverer
- Karl Reinmuth
- Comet.discovery_date
- February 22, 1928
- Comet.designations
- 1928 D1, 1934 V1
- Comet.epoch
- July 1, 2009 (2455013.5)
- Comet.aphelion
- 5.664 AU
- Comet.perihelion
- 1.884 AU
- Comet.semimajor
- 3.774 AU
- Comet.eccentricity
- 0.5008
- Comet.period
- 7.33 yr
- Comet.inclination
- 8.13°
- Comet.last_p
- 2024-Aug-172017-Aug-19
- Comet.next_p
- 2031-Nov-11
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Comet 30P/Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was first discovered by Karl Reinmuth (Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany) on February 22, 1928.
Initial calculations of its orbit estimated a period of 25 years, but this was later revised to seven years, leading to speculation that it was the same comet as Comet Taylor, which had been lost since 1915. Further calculations by George van Biesbroeck concluded that they were different comets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “30P/Reinmuth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.