Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Tom Gehrels (Spacewatch) |
Discovery date | September 8, 1991 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | March 13, 2013 (2456364.5)[1] |
Aphelion | 4.730779 AU |
Perihelion | 1.52546421 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.12812162 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.5123385 |
Orbital period | 5.53 a 2020.8 d |
Inclination | 9.98579° |
Last perihelion | 27 August 2018[2] 16 February 2013 |
Next perihelion | 2024-Mar-07[3] |
125P/Spacewatch, is a periodic Jupiter-family comet. It was discovered on September 8, 1991, by Tom Gehrels using the 0.91 m Spacewatch telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.[4] It has a diameter of 1.6 km.[5]
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