C/1936 K1 (Peltier)
 Peltier's Comet photographed by George van Biesbroeck from the Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin on 12 July 1936[1] | |
| Discovery[2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Leslie C. Peltier |
| Discovery site | Delphos, Ohio, USA |
| Discovery date | 15 May 1936 |
| Designations | |
| 1936 II, 1936a[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch | 4 July 1936 (JD 2428353.5) |
| Observation arc | 157 days |
| Number of observations | 113 |
| Aphelion | ~272 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.099 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 136.71 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.99195 |
| Orbital period | ~1,600 years |
| Inclination | 78.55° |
| 134.94° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 148.48° |
| Last perihelion | 8 July 1936 |
| TJupiter | 0.296 |
| Earth MOID | 0.166 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.837 AU |
| Physical characteristics[5][6] | |
Mean radius | 1.27 km (0.79 mi)[a] |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 6.13 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 7.87 |
| 2.9–4.1 (1936 apparition) | |
Peltier's Comet, formal designation C/1936 K1, is a non-periodic comet that became visible to the naked eye between July and August 1936. It is the fifth of 10 comets discovered by American astronomer, Leslie C. Peltier.[7]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ G. van Biesbroeck (1936). "Comet Notes". Popular Astronomy. 44: 389. Bibcode:1936PA.....44..389V.
- ^ S. Herrick, Jr. (1936). "Comet Peltier (1936a)". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 48 (284): 222–224. Bibcode:1936PASP...48..222H. doi:10.1086/124708. JSTOR 40669481.
- ^ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "C/1936 K1 (Peltier) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b J. A. Fernández; A. Sosa (2012). "Magnitude and size distribution of long-period comets in Earth-crossing or approaching orbits". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423 (2): 1674–1690. arXiv:1204.2285. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20989.x.
- ^ G. W. Kronk (2009). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 4: 1933–1959. Cambridge University Press. pp. 34–44. ISBN 978-0-521-58507-1.
- ^ "Peltier Discovers Fifth Comet". Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 15 May 1936. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
External links
- C/1936 K1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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