48P/Johnson is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 5.74 km (3.57 mi) in diameter by Lamy, Fernandez, and Weaver.[2] Meanwhile, David C. Jewitt and Scott S. Sheppard estimate the nucleus to have dimensions of 6.0 × 4.4 km (3.7 × 2.7 mi).[3]
References
- ^ "Horizons Batch for 48P/Johnson (90000566) on 2025-Mar-02" (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive). JPL Horizons. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2023. (JPL#69 Soln.date: 2023-Mar-29)
- ^ a b c "48P/Johnson – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ a b D. C. Jewitt; S. S. Sheppard (2004). "The nucleus of comet 48P/Johnson". The Astronomical Journal. 127 (3): 1784–1790. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.1784J. doi:10.1086/382097.
External links
- 48P/Johnson at the JPL Small-Body Database
- 48P at Kronk's Cometography
- 48P/Johnson – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
- Lightcurve (Artyom Novichonok)
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