![]() Comet Johnson photographed by George van Biesbroeck shortly after perihelion on 27 February 1935[1] | |
Discovery[2] | |
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Discovered by | Ernest Leonard Johnson |
Discovery site | Union Observatory |
Discovery date | 7 January 1935 |
Designations | |
1935a[3] 1935 I | |
Orbital characteristics[4] | |
Epoch | 28 February 1935 (JD 2427861.5) |
Observation arc | 68 days |
Number of observations | 34 |
Aphelion | ~190 AU |
Perihelion | 0.811 AU |
Semi-major axis | 93.21 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.99130 |
Orbital period | ~900 years |
Inclination | 65.424° |
92.445° | |
Argument of periapsis | 18.399° |
Mean anomaly | 0.002° |
Last perihelion | 26 February 1935 |
Next perihelion | ~2830s |
TJupiter | 0.519 |
Earth MOID | 0.149 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 2.175 AU |
Physical characteristics[5] | |
Comet total magnitude (M1) | 9.5 |
Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 12.5 |
8.4 (1935 apparition) |
Johnson's Comet, formally designated as C/1935 A1, is a long-period comet with a 900-year orbit around the Sun. It is the first of four comets discovered by South African astronomer, Ernest Leonard Johnson.
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