36P/Whipple is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the lowest numbered Quasi-Hilda comet.[4] It passed 0.25 AU (37 million km) from Jupiter in June 1922.[2]
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 4.5 kilometers in diameter[2] or 5.1 kilometers. The rotational period was estimated to be about 40 hours.[5]
References
- ^ MPC
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 36P/Whipple" (2022-03-06 last obs). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ "Horizons Batch for 36P/Whipple (90000453) on 2028-Nov-04" (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive). JPL Horizons. Retrieved 2022-06-27. (JPL#23 Soln.date: 2022-Mar-09)
- ^ Toth, I. (March 2006). "The quasi-Hilda subgroup of ecliptic comets - an update". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 448 (3): 1191–1196. Bibcode:2006A&A...448.1191T. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053492.
- ^ Snodgrass, C.; Lowry, S. C.; Fitzsimmons, A. (April 2008). "Optical observations of 23 distant Jupiter Family Comets, including 36P/Whipple at multiple phase angles". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 385 (2): 737–756. arXiv:0712.4204. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.385..737S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12900.x.
External links
- 36P at Kronk's Cometography
- 36P/Whipple – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
- 36P/Whipple at the JPL Small-Body Database
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