Comet 8P/Tuttle
Named after Horace Parnell Tuttle (Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts) who re-discovered this comet on 1858 January 5.
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| Classification | Jupiter-family Comet |
Osculating Orbital Elements
| Epoch | 2448840,5 |
| Semi major axis | 5,6713 AU |
| Period [Julian yrs] | 13,506 Julian years |
| Inclination | 54,705 ° |
| Eccentricity | 0,8242 |
| Lon. of ascending node | 270,592 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 206,691 ° |
| Passage of perihelion | 1994-Jun-25.245044 |
| Aphelion distance | 10,3452 AU |
| Mean anomaly | 309,774 ° |
Physical Data
| Radius | 7,80 km |
| Total magnitude (M1) | 8 |
| Total magnitude slope (k1) | 20 |
| Nuclear magnitude (M2) | 15 |
| Nuclear magnitude slope (k2) | 10 |
Discovery Circumstances
| Discoverer | Pierre F. A. Mechain |
| Discovered | 1790-01-09 |
Data File
| Data File Name | 8P_Tuttle.aed |
| Data File Date | 2006-12-22 |
| Data File Size | 2714 kB |
| Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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