Question

Tell me about article 42p?​

Answer 1

42P/Neujmin, also known as Neujmin 3, is a periodic comet 2 km in diameter.

42P/Neujmin

Discovery

Discovered by

Grigory Neujmin

Discovery date

August 2, 1929

Alternative

designations

1929 III; 1;

1993 XVI

Orbital characteristics A

Epoch

March 6, 2006

Aphelion

7.701 AU

Perihelion

2.014 AU

Semi-major axis

4.858 AU

Eccentricity

0.5854

Orbital period

10.71 a

Inclination

3.9854°

Last perihelion

April 8, 2015[1]

July 15, 2004[1][2]

Next perihelion

January 14, 2026[1]

This comet and 53P/Van Biesbroeck are fragments of a parent comet that split in March 1845.[3][4][5]

The comet did not come within 1 AU of a planet in the 20th century, but will pass 0.04 AU from asteroid 4 Vesta on July 17, 2036.[6]

The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.2 kilometers in diameter