39P/Oterma
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39p-oterma-215-4041475
title:
39P/Oterma
text:
39P/Oterma is a currently inactive periodic comet with an orbital period of nearly 20 years that stays outside the orbit of Jupiter. The nucleus has a diameter around 4–5 km. It was last observed in August 2021 and came to perihelion in July 2023 while 1.2 AU from Jupiter. It will finish the modest approach to Jupiter in January 2025 and will next come to perihelion in July 2042 at distance of 5.9 AU from the Sun. Opposition has occurred on 11 November 2023.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Periodic comet with 19 year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39P/Oterma
date created:
2006-01-26T18:16:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T19:27:09Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q2447908","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2447908"}
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15