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