45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková
45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková is a short-period comet discovered by Minoru Honda December 3, 1948. It is named after Minoru Honda, Antonín Mrkos, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková. The object revolves around the Sun on an elliptical orbit with a period of 5.25 years. The nucleus is 1.3 kilometers in diameter. On August 19 and 20, 2011, it became the fifteenth comet detected by ground radar telescope.
Key facts
- Comet.name
- 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková
- Comet.image
- Comet 45P on Feb 10, 2017.jpg
- Comet.caption
- Comet Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková on February 10, 2017
- Comet.discoverer
- Minoru Honda
- Comet.discovery_date
- December 3, 1948
- Comet.epoch
- 2011-Jun-08(JD 2455720.5)
- Comet.semimajor
- 3.0205 AU
- Comet.perihelion
- 0.5296 AU
- Comet.aphelion
- 5.511 AU
- Comet.eccentricity
- 0.8246
- Comet.period
- 5.25 yr
- Comet.inclination
- 4.257°
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- 2011 passage
- 2017 passage
- August Delta Capricornids
- References
- External links
45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková is a short-period comet discovered by Minoru Honda December 3, 1948. It is named after Minoru Honda, Antonín Mrkos, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková. The object revolves around the Sun on an elliptical orbit with a period of 5.25 years. The nucleus is 1.3 kilometers in diameter. On August 19 and 20, 2011, it became the fifteenth comet detected by ground radar telescope.
During the 1995 perihelion passage, the comet was visible to Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on January 16, 1996, when the comet was around apparent magnitude 7 and 4.3° from the Sun.