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116P/Wild

116P/Wild

116P/Wild, also known as Wild 4, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter > 3; a < aJupiter). On 4 November 2042, the comet will pass about 0.029 AU (4.3 million km; 2.7 million mi) from 1 Ceres.

References

External links 116P/Wild at the JPL Small-Body Database 116P/Wild 4 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net 116P at Kronk's Cometography

Tags

  • Astronomical objects discovered in 1990
  • Comet stubs
  • Comets in 2016
  • Comets in 2022
  • Discoveries by Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)
  • Encke-type comets
  • Numbered comets
  • Periodic comets