65P/Gunn
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65P/Gunn is a periodic comet in the Solar System orbiting the Sun every 6.41 years inside the main asteroid belt between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.Template:R
Observational history
It was discovered on 11 October 1970 by Professor James E. Gunn of Princeton University using the 122-cm Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory. It had a low brightness of magnitude 16, which improves to 12 under favourable conditions. In 1972 Elizabeth Roemer managed to observe 65P/Gunn close to aphelion.Template:R
On 4 February 1970 the comet passed Template:Convert from Ceres.
In 1980 it was noticed that a 19th magnitude comet found in plates obtained by Palomar Observatory on 8 August 1954Template:R was a previous apparition of 65/Gunn. The link was confirmed by Brian G. Marsden.Template:R
See also
References
External links
- Template:JPL Small Body
- 65P at Kronk's Cometography
- 65P/Gunn – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
- 65P at Las Cumbres Observatory (26 Jun 2010 11:16, 150 seconds)