C/1937 P1 (Hubble) Explained

C/1937 P1 (Hubble)
Discoverer:Edwin Hubble
Discovery Site:Mount Wilson Obs.
Discovery Date:4 August 1937
Designations:1937g
1936 V
Epoch:8 November 1936 (JD 2428480.5)
Observation Arc:85 days
Obs:58
Aphelion:140.125 AU
Perihelion:1.9536 AU
Semimajor:71.039 AU
Eccentricity:0.9725
Period:599 years
Inclination:11.581°
Asc Node:97.796°
Arg Peri:147.49°
Tjup:1.759
Last P:14 November 1936

Comet Hubble, formally designated C/1937 P1, is the first and only comet discovered by astronomer Edwin Hubble. The comet was already on its outbound flight when it was first spotted in August 1937 as a magnitude 13.5 object in the constellation Sagittarius. It is the fourth comet discovered in 1937.