C/1955 L1 (Mrkos)
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| Discovery[2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Antonín Mrkos |
| Discovery site | Lomnický štít, Czechoslovakia |
| Discovery date | 12 June 1955 |
| Designations | |
| 1955 III, 1955e[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch | 14 July 1955 (JD 2435302.5) |
| Observation arc | 84 days |
| Number of observations | 21 |
| Aphelion | 98.547 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.534 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 49.540 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.98921 |
| Orbital period | ~350 years |
| Inclination | 86.503° |
| 48.942° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 32.506° |
| Mean anomaly | 0.113° |
| Last perihelion | 4 June 1955 |
| Next perihelion | ~2300s |
| TJupiter | 0.160 |
| Earth MOID | 0.399 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.192 AU |
| Physical characteristics[5] | |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 6.6 |
| 4.5 (1955 apparition) | |
Comet Mrkos, formally designated as C/1955 L1, is a long-period comet with an approximately 350-year orbit around the Sun.[4] It is one of several comets discovered by Czech astronomer, Antonín Mrkos.
References
[edit]- ^ E. Roemer (1955). "Comet Notes". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 67 (398): 476–480. JSTOR 40672998.
- ^ A. Mrkos (13 June 1955). J. M. Vinter Hansen (ed.). "Naked Eye Comet Mrkos (1955e)". IAU Circular. 1502 (2).
- ^ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ a b "C/1955 L1 (Mrkos) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ G. W. Kronk (2009). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 4: 1933–1959. Cambridge University Press. pp. 355–359. ISBN 978-0-521-58507-1.
External links
[edit]- C/1955 L1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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