87P/Bus
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| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Comet 87P/Bus photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on 7 June 2001 | |
| Discovery[1]Template:R/superscript | |
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| Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory (UK Schmidt Telescope) |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
| P/1981 E1, P/1987 B4 | |
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| Orbital characteristics[3]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript | |
| Epoch | 31 May 2025 (JD 2459000.5) |
| Observation arc | 39.57 years |
| Earliest precovery date | 9 February 1981 |
| Number of observations | 801 |
| Aphelion | 4.776 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.099 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.438 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.38918 |
| Orbital period | 6.374 years |
| Inclination | 2.603° |
| 181.87° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 24.932° |
| Mean anomaly | 3.356° |
| Last perihelion | 9 May 2020 |
| Next perihelion | 7 June 2029[2]Template:R/superscript |
| TJupiter | 3.009 |
| Earth MOID | 1.098 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.181 AU |
| Physical characteristics[5]Template:R/superscript | |
Mean radius | 0.27±0.01 km |
| 32.0±9.0 hours | |
| (V–R) = 0.545±0.02[6]Template:R/superscript | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 12.7 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 16.1 |
87P/Bus is an Encke-type comet with a current orbital period of 6.37 years around the Sun. It is the only comet discovered by Australian astronomer, Schelte J. Bus.
Observational history
It was discovered by Schelte J. Bus on the night of 2 March 1981 from a photographic plate taken with the 1.2m UK Schmidt telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory.[1]Template:R/superscript Additional observations by Kenneth S. Russell noticed a faint tail about 20 arcseconds in length to the northwest, estimated to be 17.5 in apparent magnitude.[7]Template:R/superscript Preliminary orbital calculations in 9 March 1981 had Brian G. Marsden to conclude that the comet may be a short-periodic one,[8]Template:R/superscript which was later confirmed after Bus was able to find precovery images as early as 9–13 February 1981.[9]Template:R/superscript
It has been observed on each of its subsequent apparitions, most recently in 2020.[10]Template:R/superscript
Physical characteristics
Preliminary CCD photometry from the La Palma Observatory in December 1998 obtained an upper limit value of around Template:Cvt for the comet's nuclear radius.[11]Template:R/superscript Later observations from the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 revised the size of its nucleus, which is now estimated to be 0.27±0.01 km in radius.[5]Template:R/superscript Hubble data also showed the comet to be elongated in shape, with an a/b ratio greater than 2.2.[5]Template:R/superscript Its rotational period is estimated to be around 32.0±9.0 hours in length.[5]Template:R/superscript
Orbit
| Perihelion distance at different epochs[12]Template:R/superscript | |||||||
| Epoch | Perihelion (AU) | ||||||
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| 1942 | 4.43 | ||||||
| 1955 | 2.13 | ||||||
| 2029 | 3.69 | ||||||
A close approach to Jupiter on 13 May 1952, at a distance of 0.0668 AU (9.99 million km), lowered the orbital period from 12.46 years and the perihelion distance from 4.43 AU to 6.43 years and 2.13 AU respectively. Another close approach to Jupiter on 24 February 2023, at a distance of 0.182 AU (27.2 million km), raised the perihelion to 3.62 AU and the orbital period to 9.58 years.[12]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. J. Bus; K. S. Russell (4 March 1981). D. W. Green (ed.). "Comet Bus (1981b)". IAU Circular. 3578 (1). Bibcode:1981IAUC.3578....1B. ISSN 0081-0304.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Horizons Batch for 87P/Bus (90000883) on 2029-Jun-07" (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive). JPL Horizons. Retrieved 27 June 2022. (JPL#K203/18 Soln.date: 2020-Sep-28)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."87P/Bus – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."87P/Bus Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.P. L. Lamy; I. Toth; H. A. Weaver; M. F. A'Hearn; L. Jorda (2011). "Properties of the nuclei and comae of 10 ecliptic comets from Hubble Space Telescope multi-orbit observations" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412 (3): 1573–1590. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17934.x.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.K. J. Meech; O. R. Hainaut; B. G. Marsden (2004). "Comet nucleus size distributions from HST and Keck telescopes". Icarus. 170 (2): 463–491. Bibcode:2004Icar..170..463M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.03.014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. J. Bus; K. S. Russell (5 March 1981). B. G. Marsden (ed.). "Comet Bus (1981b)". IAU Circular. 3579 (1). Bibcode:1981IAUC.3579....1B. ISSN 0081-0304.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.C. Y. Shao; G. Schwartz; T. Seki (9 March 1981). B. G. Marsden (ed.). "Comet Bus (1981b)". IAU Circular. 3581 (2). Bibcode:1981IAUC.3581....2S. ISSN 0081-0304.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. J. Bus; K. S. Russell; M. Hartley (10 March 1981). B. G. Marsden (ed.). "Periodic Comet Bus (1981b)". IAU Circular. 3582 (1). Bibcode:1981IAUC.3582....1B. ISSN 0081-0304.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. Yoshida. "87P/Bus". www.aerith.net. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. C. Lowry; A. Fitzsimmons (1999). "CCD photometry of distant comets II" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 365: 204–213. Bibcode:1999A&A...349..649L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000180.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.K. Kinoshita (13 February 2014). "87P/Bus: Past, Present and Future orbital elements". Comet Orbit. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kronk, Gary W.; Meyer, Maik; Seargent, David A. J. (2009). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 6: 1983–1993. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87216-4.
External links
- 87P/Bus at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- 87P/Bus at Gary W. Kronk's Cometography
- 87P/Bus at Seiichi Yoshida's website
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