60P/Tsuchinshan 2

Key facts

Comet.name

60P/Tsuchinshan

Comet.image

60P 2019-01-04 image ZTF-sso-420-zg-fov-11arcmin.png

Comet.caption

Comet Tsuchinshan 2, imaged from the Zwicky Transient Facility on 4 January 2019

Comet.discovery_site

Purple Mountain Observatory

Comet.discovery_date

11 January 1965

Comet.mpc_name

P/1965 A2, P/1971 S1

Comet.epoch

21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5)

Comet.observation_arc

59.59 years

Comet.obs

1,656

Comet.semimajor

3.529 AU

Comet.perihelion

1.646 AU

Comet.aphelion

5.143 AU