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

| next_p=2025-Nov-02

}}

172P/Yeung is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

References

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{{cite web

|title=172P/Yeung Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=172P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|accessdate=2017-04-09}}

{{cite web

|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}}

}}