Key facts
- Comet.name
- 74P/Smirnova–Chernykh
- Comet.image
- 240px
- Comet.caption
- 74P (apmag ~17; 3.6AU from the Sun) near galaxy PGC 49413
- Comet.discoverer
- Tamara Mikhailovna SmirnovaNikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
- Comet.discovery_date
- March 4, 1975
- Comet.designations
- 1967 XV; 1975 VII; 1984 V;1992 XXI
- Comet.epoch
- November 21, 2025
- Comet.semimajor
- 5.11 AU
- Comet.perihelion
- 4.836 AU
- Comet.aphelion
- 5.39 AU
- Comet.eccentricity
- 0.0543
- Comet.period
- 11.56 yr