25D/Neujmin
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25D/Neujmin, otherwise known as Comet Neujmin 2, is a periodic comet in the Solar System discovered by Grigory N. Neujmin (Simeis) on February 24, 1916. It was last observed on February 10, 1927.
Key facts
- Comet.name
- 25D/Neujmin
- Comet.discoverer
- Grigory Neujmin
- Comet.discovery_date
- 24 February 1916
- Comet.mpc_name
- D/1916 D1D/1926 V2
- Comet.epoch
- 21 March 1927 (JD 2424960.5)
- Comet.observation_arc
- 10.94 years(Not observed in years)
- Comet.obs
- 116
- Comet.perihelion
- 1.338 AU
- Comet.aphelion
- 4.840 AU
- Comet.semimajor
- 3.089 AU
- Comet.eccentricity
- 0.56682
- Comet.period
- 5.429 years
- Comet.inclination
- 10.639°
- Comet.asc_node
- 328.72°
- Comet.arg_peri
- 193.70°
- Comet.mean
- 11.577°
- Comet.tjup
- 2.932
- Comet.Earth_moid
- 0.350 AU
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25D/Neujmin, otherwise known as Comet Neujmin 2, is a periodic comet in the Solar System discovered by Grigory N. Neujmin (Simeis) on February 24, 1916. It was last observed on February 10, 1927.
It was confirmed by George Van Biesbroeck (Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, United States) and Frank Watson Dyson (Greenwich Observatory, England) on March 1.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “25D/Neujmin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.