43P/Wolf-Harrington
43P/Wolf-Harrington (Comet). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 43P/Wolf–Harrington is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on December 22, 1924, by Max Wolf from the Heidelberg Observatory.
43P/Wolf–Harrington is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on December 22, 1924, by Max Wolf from the Heidelberg Observatory. In 2019, it passed within 0.065 AU of Jupiter, which lifted the perihelion point and increased the orbital period to 9 years. The comet last came to perihelion in August 2025 and will return to perihelion in August 2034.
- Type: Comet
- Diameter: 3.6 km
- Orbital period: 8.9 years
- Eccentricity: 0.439