120P/Mueller Explained

120P/Mueller
Discoverer:Jean Mueller
Discovery Date:October 18, 1987
Designations:1987 XXXI; 1995 O2
Epoch:2022-01-21
Semimajor:3.963 AU
Perihelion:2.478 AU
Aphelion:5.448 AU
Eccentricity:0.3746
Period:7.88 yr
Inclination:8.4899°
Last P:May 7, 2021
February 22, 2013[1]
September 30, 2004
Next P:2029-Apr-05

120P/Mueller, also known as Mueller 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It last came to perihelion in May 2021 and underwent a 1.4 magnitude outburst in August 2021,[2] (after perihelion).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010-04-23 . 120P/Mueller 1 (NK 1918) . OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections . Syuichi Nakano . Syuichi Nakano . 2012-02-25.
  2. https://www.astro.umd.edu/~msk/science/comae/ztf-outburst-survey/ Zwicky Transient Facility Survey of Cometary Outbursts