- 30P/Reinmuth
Infobox Comet
name=30P/Reinmuth
caption=
discoverer=Karl Reinmuth
discovery_date=February 22 ,1928
designations=1928 D1, 1934 V1
epoch=January 1 ,2003
aphelion=
perihelion=1.877 AU
semimajor=3.77 AU
semiminor=
orbital_circ=
eccentricity=0.502
period=7.32 a
avg_speed=
max_speed=
min_speed=
inclination=8.13°
last_p=December 24 ,2004
next_p=April 19 ,2010 Comet 30P/Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a
periodic comet in thesolar system , first discovered byKarl Reinmuth (Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl ,Germany ) onFebruary 22 ,1928 .First calculations of orbit concluded a period of 25 years, but this was revised down to 7 years and speculation this was the same comet as Comet Taylor, which had been lost since
1915 . Further calculations byGeorge van Biesbroeck concluded they were different comets.The
1935 approach was observed though not as favourable, in1937 the comet passed close toJupiter which increased theperihelion distance andorbital period .Due to miscalculations, the
1942 appearance was missed, but it has been observed on ever subsequent appearance since.The comet will next pass close to Earth on
January 25 ,2039 .External links
* [http://cometography.com/pcomets/030p.html 30P at Kronk's Cometography]
* [http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~comet/pcmtn/0030p.htm 30P at Kazuo Kinoshita's Comets]
* [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0030P/index.html 30P at Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog]
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