412P/WISE explained

412P/WISE
Discoverer:WISE
Discovery Date:January 22, 2010
Designations:P/2010 B2
Epoch:January 4, 2010
Semimajor:2.9932709 AU
Perihelion:1.6069719 AU
Eccentricity:0.4631385
Period:5.18 a
Inclination:8.88973°

412P/WISE (provisional name P/2010 B2) is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the first comet discovered by the space observatory WISE and was first observed on January 22, 2010[1] and has since been followed by ground observatories, among them the Mauna Kea Observatory.[2]

The comet has an orbital period of 4.7 years, an aphelion of 4 astronomical units and a perihelion of 1.6 astronomical units.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MPEC 2010-C23 : COMET P/2010 B2 (WISE). February 8, 2010. February 12, 2010.
  2. Web site: Lakdawalla. Emily. WISE has found its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE). February 8, 2010. February 11, 2010. June 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615225047/http://planetary.org/blog/article/00002337/. dead.
  3. Web site: Comet Discovered by New NASA Observatory. . February 11, 2010 . February 11, 2010.

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