34D/Gale Explained

34D/Gale
Discoverer:Walter Frederick Gale
Discovery Date:June 7, 1927
Designations:1927 L1, 1938 L1
Epoch:July 1, 1938
Aphelion:8.7 AU[1]
Perihelion:1.18 AU[2]
Semimajor:4.94 AU
Eccentricity:0.76
Period:10.99 a
Inclination:11.72 °
Next P:August 2026? (Lost)

Comet Gale is a periodic comet in the Solar System discovered by Walter Frederick Gale (Sydney, Australia) on June 7, 1927.

The second apparition was calculated for 1938, but Gale failed to find it; however, it was recalculated by Leland E. Cunningham who later recovered it for that year.

The 1949 apparition was never detected, and due to unfavourable conditions ever since it has never been recovered and it remains a lost comet.

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Notes and References

  1. Ley . Willy . September 1968 . Mission to a Comet . For Your Information . Galaxy Science Fiction . 101–110.
  2. Web site: 1938 . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 34D/Gale . . 2010-02-28.