- Source: 42P/Neujmin
42P/Neujmin, also known as Neujmin 3, is a periodic comet 2 km in diameter.
This comet and 53P/Van Biesbroeck are fragments of a parent comet that split in March 1845.
The comet did not come within 1 AU of a planet in the 20th century, but will pass 0.04 AU from asteroid 4 Vesta on July 17, 2036.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.2 kilometers in diameter.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
42P at Kronk's Cometography
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 42P/Neujmin
- Grigory Neujmin
- Comet
- 53P/Van Biesbroeck
- List of numbered comets
- Comet nucleus
- Comet NEOWISE
- Russian names in space
- 43P/Wolf–Harrington
- C/2012 E2 (SWAN)
