116P/Wild

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 6 year orbit}}

{{Infobox comet

| name=116P/Wild

| image= 116P 2022-02-26 image ZTF-sso-570-zr-fov-9.3arcmin.png

| discoverer=Paul Wild

| discovery_date=January 21, 1990

| designations=1990 X; 1994 V1

| epoch=March 6, 2006

| semimajor=3.478 AU

| perihelion=2.172 AU

| aphelion=4.784 AU

| eccentricity=0.3755

| period=6.486 a

| inclination= 3.6154°

| last_p=2022-Jul-16{{cite web

|title=116P/Wild Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=116P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|accessdate=2017-04-07}}
January 11, 2016
July 18, 2009

| next_p=2029-Jan-16{{cite web

|title=Horizons Batch for 116P/Wild 4 (90001000) on 2029-Jan-16

|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%3D116P%3BCAP%27&START_TIME=%272029-Jan-16%27&STOP_TIME=%272029-Jan-17%27&STEP_SIZE=%273%20hours%27&QUANTITIES=%2719%27

|accessdate=2023-07-06}} (JPL#K223/36 Soln.date: 2023-Jul-05)

}}

116P/Wild, also known as Wild 4, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (T_Jupiter > 3; a < a_Jupiter).

On 4 November 2042 the comet will pass about {{convert|0.029|AU|km mi|abbr=on|lk=on}} from Ceres.