90P/Gehrels Explained

90P/Gehrels
Discoverer:Tom Gehrels
Discovery Date:11 October 1972
Designations:Gehrels 1
Epoch:15 June 2002
Observation Arc:29 years (1972-2001)
Obs:52
Aphelion:9.110 AU
Perihelion:2.966 AU
Semimajor:6.038 AU
Eccentricity:0.5088
Period:14.8 yr
Inclination:9.616°
Dimensions:~7.8 km
Last P:19 June 2017
22 June 2002
Next P:2032-May-19

90P/Gehrels, also known as Gehrels 1, is a Jupiter-family comet in the Solar System.[1] The comet nucleus is about 7.8 km in diameter.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=90P&view=OPC "JPL Small-Body Database Browser"