Discovery | |
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Discovered by |
A. Maury G. Attard |
Discovery date | 2021-05-09 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Perihelion | 1.741 AU [1] |
Eccentricity | 0.934 |
Orbital period | 135±2 years |
Inclination | 92.72° |
Last perihelion | 19 February 2021 |
Next perihelion | early 2154 [2] |
C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard) is a Halley-type comet discovered on May 9, 2021, by French amateur astronomers Alain Maury and Georges Attard [3] [4] with the MAP (Maury/Attard/Parrott) observation program. [5] [6] It is the first comet discovered with the synthetic tracking technique, made possible with the Tycho Tracker commercial software developed by Daniel Parrott. [5] When it was discovered, it had a magnitude of 19.
It has a 124 day observation arc. [1] It came to perihelion on 19 February 2021. The next perihelion will be in early 2154. [2]