Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
Named after Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (Marseilles, France) who discovered this comet on 1869 November 27, Lewis Swift (Warner Observatory, New York) who discovered the comet on 1880 October 11, and the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program.
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| Classification | Jupiter-family Comet |
Osculating Orbital Elements
| Epoch | 2452320,5 |
| Semi major axis | 3,4374 AU |
| Period [Julian yrs] | 6,373 Julian years |
| Inclination | 13,460 ° |
| Eccentricity | 0,5392 |
| Lon. of ascending node | 240,711 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 163,634 ° |
| Passage of perihelion | 2001-Dec-30.756278 |
| Aphelion distance | 5,2907 AU |
| Mean anomaly | 7,152 ° |
Physical Data
| Total magnitude (M1) | 15 |
| Total magnitude slope (k1) | 10 |
| Nuclear magnitude (M2) | 17,5 |
| Nuclear magnitude slope (k2) | 5 |
| Nuclear phase coefficient | 0,03 |
Discovery Circumstances
| Discoverer | Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel |
| Discovered | 1869-11-27 |
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