145P/Shoemaker-Levy (0145P)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 31 January 2026 Perihelion distance (q): 1.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.4 Period (years): 8.4 Eccentricity (e): 0.54 Inclination (i): 11.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas The comet was discovered by the team of Carolyn S and Eugene M Shoemaker and David H Levy with the 0.46-m Schmidt on Mt Palomar on 2 October 1991 at photographic magnitude 16 when at opposition on the Cetus-Pisces border. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 30-Jul-17 17.15 0.06 15.1 0.4 28-Aug-17 16.84 0.03 13.7 0.7 29-Oct-17 16.19 0.02 12.7 0.6 14-Nov-17 16.09 0.02 13.2 0.9 21-Dec-17 16.19 0.01 13.2 0.7 28-Dec-17 16.11 0.01 13.9 0.8 28-Dec-17 16.11 0.01 13.9 0.8 14-Jan-18 16.88 0.01 15.3 0.4 22-Jan-18 17.12 0.02 15.6 0.5 13-Feb-18 17.96 0.02 17.3 0.4 10-Mar-18 18.28 0.04 14-Mar-18 18.65 0.06