90P/Gehrels
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery date | 11 October 1972 |
| Alternative designations | Gehrels 1 |
| Orbital characteristics A | |
| Epoch | 15 June 2002 |
| Observation arc | 29 years (1972-2001) |
| No. of observations used | 52 |
| Aphelion | 9.110 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.966 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 6.038 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.5088 |
| Orbital period | 14.8 yr |
| Inclination | 9.616° |
| Last perihelion | 22 June 2002 |
| Next perihelion | 19 June 2017[1][2] |
90P/Gehrels, also known as Gehrels 1, is a Jupiter-family comet in the Solar System.[1]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 30 April 2015
- ↑ MPC
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