C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
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Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) is a long-period comet with roughly a 422-year orbit that is expected to return around 2283. It was discovered by A. E. Thatcher. It is responsible for the April Lyrid meteor shower.Template:R Carl Wilhelm Baeker also independently found this comet. The comet passed about Script error: No such module "convert". from the Earth on 5 May 1861 and last came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 3 June 1861.Template:R
C/1861 G1 is listed as a long-period "non-periodic comet" because it has not yet been observed at two perihelion passages. When it is seen to come back around 2283,Template:R it should receive the P/ designation.
The comet is the parent body of the April Lyrids meteor shower.
See also
- C/1861 J1 – Great comet of 1861
- 153P/Ikeya–Zhang – periodic comet with a 366-year orbit
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