C/1937 P1 (Hubble)

C/1937 P1 (Hubble)

Discovery[1][2]
Discovered by	Edwin Hubble
Discovery site	Mount Wilson Obs.
Discovery date	4 August 1937
Designations
Alternative designations	1937g[3] 1936 V
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch	8 November 1936 (JD 2428480.5)
Observation arc	85 days
Number of observations	58
Aphelion	140.125 AU
Perihelion	1.9536 AU
Semi-major axis	71.039 AU
Eccentricity	0.9725
Orbital period	599 years
Inclination	11.581°
Longitude of ascending node	97.796°
Argument of periapsis	147.49°
Last perihelion	14 November 1936
TJupiter	1.759
Physical characteristics
Apparent magnitude	13.5 (1937 apparition)

Comet Hubble, formally designated C/1937 P1, is the first and only comet discovered by astronomer Edwin Hubble. The comet was already on its outbound flight when it was first spotted in August 1937 as a magnitude 13.5 object in the constellation Sagittarius.^[1][5] It is the fourth comet discovered in 1937.^[6]

References

1. G. van Biesbroeck (October 1937). "Comet Notes". Popular Astronomy. 45: 437–438. Bibcode:1937PA.....45..437V.
2. E. Strömgren (5 August 1937). "New Comet". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 673.
3. "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
4. "C/1937 P1 (Hubble) – JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
5. A. Pryzybylski. "Definitive Orbit of Comet 1937 g (Hubble)". Journal des Observateurs. 35: 113–120. Bibcode:1952JO.....35..113P.
6. F. L. Whipple (September 1937). "The Comets of 1937". The Scientific Monthly. 45 (3): 281–284. JSTOR 16438.

External links

• C/1937 P1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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