Key facts
- Comet.name
- 46P/Wirtanen
- Comet.image
- Comet 46P Wirtanen on 12 December 2018 (cropped).png
- Comet.caption
- Wirtanen at perihelion on 12 December 2018
- Comet.discoverer
- Carl A. Wirtanen
- Comet.discovery_site
- Lick Observatory
- Comet.discovery_date
- 17 January 1948
- Comet.mpc_name
- P/1948 A1, P/1954 R2
- Comet.epoch
- 13 September 2023 (JD 2460200.5)
- Comet.observation_arc
- 75.89 years
- Comet.obs
- 7,527
- Comet.perihelion
- 1.055 AU
- Comet.aphelion
- 5.127 AU