116P/Wild Explained

116P/Wild
Discoverer:	Paul Wild
Discovery Date:	January 21, 1990
Designations:	1990 X; 1994 V1
Epoch:	March 6, 2006
Semimajor:	3.478 AU
Perihelion:	2.172 AU
Aphelion:	4.784 AU
Eccentricity:	0.3755
Period:	6.486 a
Inclination:	3.6154°
Last P:	2022-Jul-16^[1] January 11, 2016 July 18, 2009
Next P:	2029-Jan-16^[2]

116P/Wild, also known as Wild 4, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (T_Jupiter > 3; a < a_Jupiter).

On 4 November 2042 the comet will pass about 0.029abbr=onNaNabbr=on from Ceres.

External links

• Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
• 116P/Wild 4 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
• 116P at Kronk's Cometography

Notes and References

1. Web site: 116P/Wild Orbit . . 2017-04-07.
2. Web site: Horizons Batch for 116P/Wild 4 (90001000) on 2029-Jan-16 . . Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive . 2023-07-06. (JPL#K223/36 Soln.date: 2023-Jul-05)