129P/Shoemaker–Levy Explained
| 129P/Shoemaker-Levy |
| Discoverer: | Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
David H. Levy |
| Discovery Date: | February 7, 1991 |
| Designations: | 1990 XXVII; 1996 U1 |
| Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
| Semimajor: | 3.741 AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.807 AU |
| Aphelion: | 4.676 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2497 |
| Period: | 7.237 a |
| Inclination: | 5.0108° |
| Last P: | 2022-Nov-30[1]
February 11, 2014[2]
June 5, 2005 |
| Next P: | 2031-Nov-05[3] |
129P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter > 3; a < aJupiter),[4] and is a quasi-Hilda comet.[5]
This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (D/1993 F2), which spectacularly crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
The nucleus of the comet is estimated to have a radius of 1.22 ± 0.1 km based on infrared imaging by the Spitzer Space Telescope.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 129P/Shoemaker-Levy Orbit . . 2014-06-17.
- Web site: 2005-10-27 . 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 (NK 1273) . OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections . Syuichi Nakano . Syuichi Nakano . 2012-02-25.
- Web site: Horizons Batch for 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 (90001036) on 2031-Nov-05 . . Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive . 2023-07-06. (JPL#K223/25 Soln.date: 2023-Jun-08)
- Web site: 2011-10-30 last obs . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 . . 2012-07-26.
- The quasi-Hilda subgroup of ecliptic comets - an update . Toth . I. . . 448 . 3 . 1191–1196 . 10.1051/0004-6361:20053492 . 2006A&A...448.1191T . March 2006. free .
- 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 .
