170P/Christensen | |
Discoverer: | Eric J. Christensen |
Discovery Date: | June 17, 2005 |
Designations: | P/2005 M1 |
Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
Semimajor: | 4.208 AU |
Perihelion: | 2.93 AU |
Aphelion: | 5.487 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.3038 |
Period: | 8.633 a |
Inclination: | 10.1255° |
Last P: | September 17, 2014 January 26, 2006 |
Next P: | 2023-Apr-19 |
170P/Christensen is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It came to perihelion in September 2014 at about apparent magnitude 18.