102P/Shoemaker

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 7 year orbit}}

{{For|other comets discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker|Comet Shoemaker}}

{{Infobox comet

| name=102P/Shoemaker

| image=

| discoverer=Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Eugene Merle Shoemaker

| discovery_date=September 27, 1984

| designations=1984 XVI; 1991 XXIII

| epoch=March 6, 2006

| semimajor=3.739 AU

| perihelion=1.974 AU

| aphelion=5.505 AU

| eccentricity=0.4722

| period=7.231 a

| inclination= 26.2538°

| last_p=January 22, 2021{{cite web

|title=102P/Shoemaker Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=102P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|access-date=2014-06-17}}
September 1, 2013{{cite web

|date=2010-04-28

|title=102P/Shoemaker 1 (NK 1924)

|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections

|author=Syuichi Nakano

|author-link=Syuichi Nakano

|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1924.htm

|access-date=2012-02-20}}
June 6, 2006

| next_p=2028-Jul-10{{cite web

|title=Horizons Batch for 102P/Shoemaker 1 (90000944) on 2028-Jul-10

|publisher=JPL Horizons

|type=Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive

|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&COMMAND=%27DES%3D102P%3BCAP%27&START_TIME=%272028-Jul-01%27&STOP_TIME=%272028-Jul-20%27&STEP_SIZE=%273%20hours%27&QUANTITIES=%2719%27

|accessdate=2021-09-13}} (JPL K213/2 Soln.date: 2022-Feb-06)

}}

102P/Shoemaker, also known as Shoemaker 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was first seen in 1984 and then again in 1991. Images taken of it in 1999 were not recognized until 2006 when it was once again observed. It was unexpectedly dim in each of these returns.

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