It was discovered by E. Kearns and Kiem King Kwee on a photographic plate taken on 17 August 1963 during a search for the lost comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle and confirmed by Elizabeth Roemer at the US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, Arizona. She estimated its brightness at a faint magnitude of 16. The perihelion was initially calculated as 28 October 1963 and the periodicity as 8.48 years, but calculations based on further observations revised the data to 7 December and 8.95 years.
The 1972 apparition was observed by Elizabeth Roemer and L. M. Vaughn of the University of Arizona, using the 229-cm reflector at Kitt Peak as early as 26 July 1971. It was relocated in 1981 by T. Seki of Japan and again on 10 September 1989 by J. Gibson at Palomar Observatory. It was also successfully re-observed in 1999 and 2009.
kearns, kwee, periodic, comet, solar, system, with, current, orbital, period, years, discoverydiscovered, kearns, kiem, king, kwee, palomar, observatory, california, usadiscovery, date17, august, 1963orbital, characteristicsepoch2014, 9aphelion6, 6186, auperih. 59P Kearns Kwee is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 9 52 years 2 3 59P Kearns KweeDiscoveryDiscovered byE Kearns and Kiem King Kwee at the Palomar Observatory California USADiscovery date17 August 1963Orbital characteristicsEpoch2014 Dec 9Aphelion6 6186 AUPerihelion2 3533 AUSemi major axis4 4917 AUEccentricity0 4761Orbital period9 52 yrInclination9 3457 Last perihelion2018 Sep 162009Next perihelion2028 Mar 15 1 It was discovered by E Kearns and Kiem King Kwee on a photographic plate taken on 17 August 1963 during a search for the lost comet 55P Tempel Tuttle and confirmed by Elizabeth Roemer at the US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Arizona She estimated its brightness at a faint magnitude of 16 The perihelion was initially calculated as 28 October 1963 and the periodicity as 8 48 years but calculations based on further observations revised the data to 7 December and 8 95 years The 1972 apparition was observed by Elizabeth Roemer and L M Vaughn of the University of Arizona using the 229 cm reflector at Kitt Peak as early as 26 July 1971 It was relocated in 1981 by T Seki of Japan and again on 10 September 1989 by J Gibson at Palomar Observatory It was also successfully re observed in 1999 and 2009 See also EditList of numbered cometsReferences Edit MPC 59P Kearns Kwee Retrieved 21 February 2015 Elements and Ephemeris for 59P Kearns Kwee International Astronomical Union Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 21 February 2015 Numbered cometsPrevious58P Jackson Neujmin 59P Kearns Kwee Next60P Tsuchinshan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 59P Kearns Kwee amp oldid 1050920248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
