101P/Chernykh

101P/Chernykh (Comet). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 101P/Chernykh is a periodic comet which was first discovered on 19 August 1977, by Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh.

101P/Chernykh is a periodic comet which was first discovered on 19 August 1977, by Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh. This comet is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 5.8 AU with an eccentricity of 0.60 and an orbital period of 14 years. The elliptical orbit will bring it as close as 2.35 AU and as far as 9.28 AU from the Sun. It will next come to perihelion in 2034. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 5.05° to the plane of the ecliptic.

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