62P/Tsuchinshan

Key facts

Comet.name

62P/Tsuchinshan 1

Comet.image

62P 2018-01-14 NEOWISE image 3-color.png

Comet.caption

NEOWISE image 14 January 2018(The comet appears red because it was imaged in infrared)

Comet.discoverer

Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing

Comet.discovery_date

January 1, 1965

Comet.epoch

2024-01-11(JD 2460320.5)

Comet.semimajor

3.369 AU (a)

Comet.perihelion

1.265 AU (q)

Comet.aphelion

5.472 AU (Q)

Comet.eccentricity

0.6245

Comet.period

6.18 yr

Comet.inclination

10.50°