308P/Lagerkvist–Carsenty
Comet Lagerkvist–Carsenty imaged from ESO on 24 November 1997 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist Uri Carsenty |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | 5 October 1997 |
| Designations | |
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| PJ97T030 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 21 January 2022 (JD 2459600.5) |
| Observation arc | 18.50 years |
| Earliest precovery date | 1 October 1997 |
| Number of observations | 375 |
| Aphelion | 9.005 AU |
| Perihelion | 4.199 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 6.602 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.36397 |
| Orbital period | 16.963 years |
| Inclination | 4.852° |
| 63.063° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 333.60° |
| Mean anomaly | 142.35° |
| Last perihelion | 7 May 2015 |
| Next perihelion | 1 May 2032 |
| TJupiter | 2.883 |
| Earth MOID | 3.263 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.293 AU |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 10.7 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 13.5 |
Comet Lagerkvist–Carsenty is a distant Jupiter-family comet with a 17-year orbit around the Sun. It was co-discovered by two European astronomers, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist and Uri Carsenty.