14P/Wolf

Infobox Comet
name=14P/Wolf


discoverer=Max Wolf
discovery_date=September 17, 1884
designations=1884 S1; 1884 III; 1884c; 1891 J1; 1891 II; 1891b; 1898 IV; 1898f; 1912 I; 1911a; 1918 V; 1918b; 1925 X; 1925e; 1934 I; 1933e; 1942 VI; 1950 VI; 1950c; 1959 II; 1958c; 1967 XII; 1967j; 1976 II; 1975f; 1984 IX; 1983m; 1992 XXII; 1992m
epoch=December 2, 2000 (JD 2451880.5)
semimajor=4.07 AU
perihelion=2.72 AU
aphelion=5.73 AU
eccentricity=0.407
period=8.74 a
inclination=27.52°
last_p=November 21, 2000
next_p=February 27, 2009

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet in our solar system.

Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It was later discovered, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland (Dun Echt Observatory, Aberdeen, Scotland) on September 23.

Previously, the comet had a perihelion of 2.74 AU and an orbital period of 8.84 a, this changed to a perihelion of 2.43 AU and orbital period of 8.28 a due to passing 0.125 AU from Jupiter on September 27, 1922, the current values have been from when the comet passed Jupiter again on August 13, 2005. Another close approach to Jupiter on March 10, 2041 will return the comet to parameters similar to the period 1925 to 2000.

External links

* [http://cometography.com/pcomets/014p.html 14P at Kronk's Cometography]
* [http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~comet/pcmtn/0014p.htm 14P at Kazuo Kinoshita's Comets]
* [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0014P/index.html 14P at Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog]