P/2021 U3 (Attard-Maury)

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P/2021 U3 (Attard-Maury)
Discovery
AU
Eccentricity0.55
Orbital period8.68 yr
Inclination70.05°
75.10°

P/2021 U3 (Attard-Maury) is a

Alain Maury..[1][2]. The comet had a magnitude of 19 at the time of its discovery. It is the second comet discovered using the synthetic tracking technique, using the Tycho software, as part of the MAP Observation Program.[3]

Discovery

The comet was discovered on October 24, 2021 by Georges Attard, an amateur astronomer from

CERGA and the Palomar Observatory, now director of the astronomical resources center Space in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.[4]

Method and Observation Program

Main article: MAP Observation Program

To detect near-Earth objects, Alain Maury, Georges Attard, and Daniel Parrott designed the MAP project. This project is based on a method, observation telescopes, processing software, and of course, diligent observers.[5]

Characteristics

The characteristics are detailed in the database of the

NASA)[6][7]

The orbital period is 8 and a half years.[7] Its trajectory can be observed in the small bodies database[8]

The

Jupiter.[6][7]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ MPC Circular of November 2, 2021. MPC-Circular.
  2. ^ "New Comet P/2021 U3 (Attard-Maury)," Blog of Italian amateur astronomer Ernesto Guido. Guido-02112021.
  3. Alain Maury (November 1, 2021). "Discoveries of the MAP program"
    (in French). Alain Maury's Blog. BlogMaury-DecouvertesMap.
  4. ^ "MPEC 2021-L11: COMET C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)". Minor Planet Center. June 2, 2021.
  5. ^ MAP history and description, Alain Maury's blog. BlogMaury-MAP.
  6. ^ a b MPC Database, Minor Planet Center. MPC-Database.
  7. ^ a b c SSD group's small bodies database at JPL. SSD.
  8. ^ Orbit plot of P/2021 U3 (Attard-Maury), JPL SSD small bodies database.

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