C/1959 Y1 (Burnham)
 Comet Burnham photographed by Alan McClure on 22 April 1960.[1] | |
| Discovery[2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Robert Burnham, Jr. |
| Discovery site | Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1959 |
| Designations | |
| 1959k[3] 1960 II | |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch | 4 April 1960 (JD 2437028.5) |
| Observation arc | 148 days |
| Number of observations | 35 |
| Perihelion | 0.5044 AU |
| Eccentricity | 1.00029 |
| Inclination | 159.601° |
| 252.643° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 306.632° |
| Last perihelion | 20 March 1960 |
| Earth MOID | 0.1947 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.5355 AU |
| Physical characteristics[5] | |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 15.9 |
| 3.0 (1960 apparition) | |
Comet Burnham, formally designated as C/1959 Y1, is a hyperbolic comet that became visible in the naked eye in 1960.[5] It is one of six comets discovered by American astronomer, Robert Burnham, Jr.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ D. D. Meisel (1962). "Comet Burnham 1959K: Final Report, Part IV, Supplementary Notes". Strolling Astronomer. 16 (7–8). Bibcode:1962StAst..16..154M.
- ^ a b J. M. Vinter Hansen (7 January 1960). "Comet Burnham (1959k)". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 1706.
- ^ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "C/1959 Y1 (Burnham) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Comet C/1959 Y1 (Burnham)". Comet Observation Database System (COBS). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- C/1959 Y1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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