105P/Singer Brewster Explained

105P/Singer Brewster
Discoverer:Stephen Singer-Brewster
Discovery Date:May 3, 1986
Designations:1986 XI; 1992 XXVI
Epoch:2011-Feb-08
(JD 2455600.5)
Semimajor:3.4709 AU
Perihelion:2.0502 AU
Aphelion:4.8915 AU
Eccentricity:0.40929
Period:6.47 yr
Inclination:9.1706°
Last P:2018-Aug-10
February 26, 2012
September 11, 2005
April 6, 1999
Next P:2025-Jan-22

105P/Singer Brewster is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1986, and received the name of 1986d under the old naming system.

Because 105P/Singer Brewster only comes within 2 AU of the Sun, during the 2012 perihelion passage it is only expected to brighten to about apparent magnitude 17.

The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.2 kilometers in diameter.

The orbit of Comet Singer Brewster was altered significantly in August 1976 when it passed within 0.376 AU of Jupiter and will be altered again in August 2059.

The single discoverer bears a hyphenated surname (Singer-Brewster), but co-discovered comets bear the names of the co-discoverers linked by hyphens, e.g. Shoemaker-Levy 9, Swift-Tuttle, etc. In these cases, the IAU either removes one of the parts of the name or replaces the hyphen by a space.

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