170P/Christensen Explained

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.

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