Comet Ashbrook–Jackson photographed by theHubble Space Telescope on 26 July 2000 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joseph Ashbrook Cyril V. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Lowell Observatory, USA Johannesburg, S. Africa |
| Discovery date | 26 August 1948 |
| Designations | |
| P/1948 Q1, P/1955 H1[1] | |
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| Orbital characteristics[3][4] | |
| Epoch | 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) |
| Observation arc | 77.10 years |
| Number of observations | 3,703 |
| Aphelion | 5.43 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.807 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 4.12 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.3180 |
| Orbital period | 8.35 years |
| Inclination | 13.039° |
| 356.88° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 357.92° |
| Mean anomaly | 2.83° |
| Last perihelion | 10 June 2017 |
| Next perihelion | 28 October 2025[2] |
| TJupiter | 2.907 |
| EarthMOID | 1.811 AU |
| JupiterMOID | 0.016 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5.6 km (3.5 mi)[5] |
| 15.6±0.1 hours[6] | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 13.5 |
47P/Ashbrook–Jackson is aperiodiccomet in theSolar System.
Thecomet nucleus is estimated to be 5.6 kilometers in diameter.[3]
Comet 47P/Ashbrook–Jackson was discovered byJoseph Ashbrook andCyril Jackson in 1948.
47p is in the name because it was the 47th periodic comet discovered. Ashbrook–Jackson is the names of its two discoverers.
| Numbered comets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous 46P/Wirtanen | 47P/Ashbrook–Jackson | Next 48P/Johnson |
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