62P/Tsuchinshan 1

Also known as Tsuchinshan 1

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:11px; float:right; margin:2px" |- bgcolor= style="font-size: smaller;" | colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|Perihelion distanceat different epochs |- ! Epoch !! Perihelion(AU) |- | 1800 || 2.45 |- | 1859 || 2.11 |- | 1882 || 2.04 |- | 1905 || 1.96 |- | 1965 || 1.49 |- | 2011 || 1.38 |- | 2023 || 1.26 |- | 2036 || 1.36 |- | 2094 || 1.21 |- | 2106 || 1.15 |}

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°