163P/NEAT
163P/NEAT is a periodic comet discovered on November 5, 2004 by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) using the 1.2 meter Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (644) |
| Discovery date | November 5, 2004 |
| Designations | |
Alternative designations | 2004 V4 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | February 10, 2012 (JD 2455967.5) (Uncertainty=2) |
| Aphelion | 5.470 AU (Q) |
| Perihelion | 2.056 AU (q) |
| Semi-major axis | 3.763 AU (a) |
| Eccentricity | 0.4535 |
| Orbital period | 7.30 yr |
| Inclination | 12.71° |
| Last perihelion | August 5, 2019 April 12, 2012 January 31, 2005 |
| Next perihelion | 2026-Nov-24 |
Precovery images of the comet were found by Maik Meyer in December 2004. There were two images from 1997, two images from 1991, and three images from 1990.
During the 2005 perihelion passage the comet brightened to an apparent magnitude of about 16.
Around November 17, 2114, the comet will pass about 0.117 AU (17,500,000 km; 10,900,000 mi) from Jupiter.
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