32P/Comas Solà
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| Eccentricity | 0.5699 |
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| Orbital period | 8.801 a |
| Inclination | 12.9312° |
| Last perihelion | October 17, 2014[1] April 1, 2005 |
| Next perihelion | April 20, 2024[2] |
32P/Comas Solà is a periodic comet with a current orbital period of 8.8 years.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 8.4 kilometers in diameter.[3]
History
32P/Comas Solà was discovered November 5, 1926, by
perihelion distance of 2.15 AU
and an orbital period of 9.43 years. The identity with comet Spitaler was thus disproven.
In 1933, the Danish astronomer Julie Vinter Hansen undertook significant new research which calculated the orbit of the comet up to 1980, predicting when it would return to the Earth's orbit.[4]
Trivia
The title of the early Tangerine Dream piece "Fly and Collision of Coma[s] Sola", appearing on the Alpha Centauri (1971) album, refers to this comet, which at the time was undergoing a moderately close (0.73 AU) approach to Jupiter.
References
- Syuichi Nakano (2011-11-04). "32P/Comas Sola (NK 2155)". OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ "32P/Comas Sola Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 32P/Comas Sola" (last observation:2014-01-25). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- Bibcode:1933PCopO..85....1H.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
- Elements and Ephemeris for 32P/Comas Sola – Minor Planet Center
- 32P/Comas Sola – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
- 32P/Comas Solà – Gary W. Kronk's Cometography
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