414P/STEREO
The comet imaged from the Zwicky Transient Facility on 9 January 2021 | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | STEREO-A Scott Ferguson, et al. |
| Discovery date | 11 May 2016 |
| Designations | |
| P/2016 J3, P/2021 A3 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch | 12 October 2022 (JD 2459864.5) |
| Observation arc | 9.37 years |
| Number of observations | 294 |
| Aphelion | 5.061 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.526 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.794 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.81170 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Inclination | 23.391° |
| 257.79° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 210.71° |
| Mean anomaly | 131.86° |
| Last perihelion | 26 September 2025 |
| Next perihelion | 2030 |
| TJupiter | 2.648 |
| Earth MOID | 0.319 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.841 AU |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 20.5 |
414P/STEREO is a faint Jupiter-family comet with a 4.67-year orbit around the Sun. It is one of nine comets discovered by the STEREO spacecraft, and one of the first comets recovered with assistance from AI programming.[3]
References
- ^ K. Battams; S. Ferguson; M. T. Hui; G. V. Williams (May 2016). D. W. Green (ed.). "Comet P/2016 J3 (STEREO)". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 4281. Bibcode:2016CBET.4281....1B.
- ^ "414P/STEREO – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ^ D. A. Duev; B. T. Bolin; M. J. Graham; et al. (2021). "Tails: Chasing Comets with the Zwicky Transient Facility and Deep Learning". arXiv:2102.13352 [astro-ph].
External links
- 414P/STEREO at the JPL Small-Body Database
- 414P/STEREO at Gideon van Buitenen's website
- 414P/STEREO at Seiichi Yoshida's website