115P/Maury

115P/Maury, is a periodic Jupiter-family comet, discovered on August 16, 1985, from the Palomar Observatory by Alain Maury. When the comet was first announced on 1985 September 6, the confirmation came quickly from other observers located at the Palomar Observatory. To the initial announcement of the comet, several confirmations were announced in multiple different reports were compiled by S. Singer-Brewster, D. Schneeberger, and M. Gallup that found the 15th-magnitude trail of the comet on a plate exposed with the 0.46-m Schmidt telescope. These came from the staff at Palomar Observatory, who used the 1.5-m reflector and a CCD to detect the comet. The comet was continued to be followed and detected, leading to Scientist giving the comet a 8.6 to 8.8 orbital period.[4]

115P/Maury

Discovery
Discovered by	Alain Maury
Discovery date	August 16, 1985
Orbital characteristics ^A
Epoch	March 13, 2013 (2456364.5)[1]
Aphelion	6.4797164 AU
Perihelion	2.0396989 AU
Semi-major axis	4.259707 AU
Eccentricity	0.52116457
Orbital period	8.79 a 3211.205 d
Inclination	11.687384°
Last perihelion	2020-Jul-29[2]
Next perihelion	2029-May-18[3]

References

1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "115P/Maury". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
2. "115P/Maury Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
3. JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive.)
4. "115P/Maury". cometography.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.

External links

• Image of 115P/Maury taken on September 20, 2011.