172P/Yeung
{{Short description|Periodic comet with 6 year orbit}}
{{Infobox comet
| name=172P/Yeung
| image=
| discoverer=William Kwong Yu Yeung
| discovery_date=January 21, 2002
| designations=2002 BV
| epoch=March 6, 2006
| semimajor=3.514 AU
| perihelion=2.241 AU
| aphelion=4.786 AU
| eccentricity=0.3621
| period=6.587 a
| inclination= 11.5194°
| last_p=March 13, 2017[http://jcometobs.web.fc2.com/pcmtn/0172p.htm 172P past, present and future orbital elements]
October 12, 2008
}}
172P/Yeung is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
References
{{reflist|refs=
|title=172P/Yeung Orbit
|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=172P
|publisher=Minor Planet Center
|accessdate=2017-04-09}}
|date=2005-09-29
|title=172P/Yeung (2002 BV) (NK 1224)
|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections
|author=Syuichi Nakano
|author-link=Syuichi Nakano
|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1224.htm
|accessdate=2012-02-25}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0172P/index.html 172P on Seiichi Yoshida's comet list]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620053743/http://cometography.com/pcomets/172p.html 172P on Gary Kronk's Cometography]
- {{JPL small body|id=1000388}}
{{PeriodicComets Navigator|171P/Spahr|173P/Mueller}}
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