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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Ferdinand Quenisset |
Discovery site | Flammarion Obs, France |
Designations | |
Alternative designations | 1911 VI |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | 25 October 1911 (JD 2419334.5) |
Observation arc | 30 days |
Number of observations | 9 |
Aphelion | 517.6 AU |
Perihelion | 0.787 AU |
Semi-major axis | 259.2 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.78735 |
Orbital period | ~4,170 years |
Inclination | 108.09° |
Longitude of ascending node | 36.430° |
Argument of periapsis | 122.09° |
Last perihelion | 12 November 1911 |
Earth MOID | 0.0172 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 0.7418 AU |
Comet Quenisset, also known by its modern formal designation C/1911 S2, is a non-periodic comet
References
- M. M. Baldet; F. Quenisset (1911). "Découverte d'une Comète a l'Observatoire Flammarion de Juvisy" [Discovery of a Comet at the Flammarion Observatory in Juvisy]. L'Astronomie (in French). 25 (1): 436–437. Bibcode:1911LAstr..25..436B.
- "C/1911 S2 (Quenisset) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
External links
- C/1911 S2 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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