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Discovered by | Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (644) |
Discovery date | November 5, 2004 |
Designations | |
Alternative designations | 2004 V4 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | February 10, 2012 (JD 2455967.5) (Uncertainty=2) |
Aphelion | 5.470 AU (Q) |
Perihelion | 2.056 AU (q) |
Semi-major axis | 3.763 AU (a) |
Eccentricity | 0.4535 |
Orbital period | 7.30 yr |
Inclination | 12.71° |
Last perihelion | August 5, 2019 April 12, 2012 January 31, 2005 |
Next perihelion | 2026-Nov-24 |
163P/NEAT is a periodic comet discovered on November 5, 2004 by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) using the 1.2 meter Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.
Precovery images of the comet were found by Maik Meyer in December 2004. There were two images from 1997, two images from 1991, and three images from 1990.
During the 2005 perihelion passage the comet brightened to an apparent magnitude of about 16.
Around November 17, 2114, the comet will pass about 0.117 AU (17,500,000 km; 10,900,000 mi) from Jupiter.
References
- ^ "IAUC 8429: C/2004 V3; C/2004 V4; 78P". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2004-11-06. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 163P/NEAT" (last observation: 2012-01-20). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ Syuichi Nakano (2011-10-12). "163P/NEAT (NK 2129)". OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "163P/NEAT Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- Seiichi Yoshida (2011-10-01). "163P/NEAT". Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- Maik Meyer (2004). "The precovery of comet 163P/2004 V4 (NEAT)". Catalogue of Comet Discoveries. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- "MPEC 2004-X29 : COMET P/2004 V4 (NEAT)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- Seiichi Yoshida (2005-04-23). "163P/NEAT (2005)". Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- "JPL Close-Approach Data: 163P/NEAT" (last observation: 2012-01-20). Retrieved 2012-02-28.
External links
- 163P/NEAT at the JPL Small-Body Database
- 163P/NEAT – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
- Elements and Ephemeris for 163P/NEAT – Minor Planet Center
- 163P/NEAT at the Minor Planet Center's Database
- 163P/NEAT – Kazuo Kinoshita (2011 Oct. 6)
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