173P/Mueller Explained
| 173P/Mueller |
| Discoverer: | Jean Mueller |
| Discovery Date: | November 20, 1993 |
| Designations: | 1993 W1; 1994 XXV; 2005 T1 |
| Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
| Semimajor: | 5.707 AU |
| Perihelion: | 4.213 AU |
| Aphelion: | 7.202 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2618 |
| Period: | 13.64 a |
| Inclination: | 16.4919° |
| Last P: | December 16, 2021[1] [2]
May 18, 2008 |
| Next P: | 2035-Aug-29[3] |
173P/Mueller, also known as Mueller 5, is a periodic comet in the Solar System with an orbital period of 13.6 years.
The comet was discovered by Jean Mueller in plates exposed on 20 November 1993 as part of the second Palomar Sky Survey. The comet had an apparent magnitude of 17.5–18 and a tail about 80 arcseconds long.[4] The comet was recovered by Eric J. Christensen in images obtained on 6 October 2005 during the Mount Lemmon Survey. The comet then han an apparent magnitude of 18–18.4.[5]
The nucleus of the comet is estimated to have a radius of km based on infrared imaging by the Spitzer Space Telescope.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 173P/Mueller Orbit . . 2014-06-20.
- Web site: 2008-05-30 . 173P/Mueller 5 (NK 1627) . OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections . Syuichi Nakano . Syuichi Nakano . 2012-02-25.
- Web site: Horizons Batch for 173P/Mueller 5 on 2035-Aug-29 . . Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive . 2023-04-29. (JPL#110/Soln.date: 2022-Dec-08)
- Green . Daniel . IAUC 5891: 1993s; RX J2107.9-0518; N Sgr 1993 . www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu . 21 November 1993 .
- Green . Daniel . IAUC 8613: P/1993 W1 = 2005 T1 . www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu . 8 December 2005 .
- Fernández . Y.R. . Kelley . M.S. . Lamy . P.L. . Toth . I. . Groussin . O. . Lisse . C.M. . A’Hearn . M.F. . Bauer . J.M. . Campins . H. . Fitzsimmons . A. . Licandro . J. . Lowry . S.C. . Meech . K.J. . Pittichová . J. . Reach . W.T. . Snodgrass . C. . Weaver . H.A. . Thermal properties, sizes, and size distribution of Jupiter-family cometary nuclei . Icarus . September 2013 . 226 . 1 . 1138–1170 . 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.07.021. 1307.6191 .
