52P/Harrington-Abell

Key facts

Comet.name

52P/Harrington–Abell

Comet.image

Comet 52P Harrington-Abell 2MASS.jpg

Comet.caption

Comet Harrington–Abell photographed by the 2MASS survey in 1998

Comet.discoverer

Robert G. HarringtonGeorge O. Abell

Comet.discovery_site

Palomar Observatory

Comet.discovery_date

22 March 1955

Comet.mpc_name

P/1955 F1P/1962 B1

Comet.designations

1954 XIII; 1962 II; 1969 III; 1976 VIII; 1983 XVII; 1991 X

Comet.epoch

6 March 2006

Comet.semimajor

3.844 AU

Comet.perihelion

1.757 AU

Comet.aphelion

5.932 AU