- 112P/Urata-Niijima
Infobox Comet
name=112P/Urata-Niijima
caption=
discoverer=T. Niijima and T. Urata
discovery_date=October 30 ,1986
designations=1986 UD, 1993 U1
epoch=November 1 ,2006
aphelion=
perihelion=1.465 AU
semimajor=3.542 AU
semiminor=
orbital_circ=
eccentricity=0.586
period=6.67 a
avg_speed=
max_speed=
min_speed=
inclination=24.1675°
last_p=October 29 ,2006
next_p=Comet Urata-Niijima is a
periodic comet in thesolar system discovered by Japanese astronomersTsuneo Niijima andTakeshi Urata onOctober 30 ,1986 atOjima , the first orbit was calculated byBrian G. Marsden onNovember 5 giving anorbital period of 6.42 years.On
October 20 ,1993 the comet was recovered by J. V. Scotti (Spacewatch ,Kitt Peak Observatory ,Arizona ,USA ), and on the next return onMarch 4 ,2000 byPhilippe. L. Lamy andHarold. A. Weaver using theHubble Space Telescope .External links
* [http://cometography.com/pcomets/112p.html 112P at Kronk's Cometography]
* [http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~comet/pcmtn/0112p.htm 112P at Kazuo Kinoshita's Comets]
* [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0112P/index.html 112P at Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog]
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