266P/Christensen
{{Infobox comet
| name=266P/Christensen
| image=
| discoverer=Eric J. Christensen
| discovery_date=October 27, 2006
| designations= 2006 U5
| epoch=2020-04-21.0
| semimajor=3.535 AU
| perihelion=2.335 AU
| aphelion=4.736 AU
| eccentricity=0.339
| period=6.65 a
| inclination= 3.426°
| last_p=2020-04-19
2013-08-31
| next_p=2026-Dec-07 (JPL Horizons last obs 2020-04-16)
}}
266P/Christensen is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It will next come to perihelion in December 2026. It has been suggested as the source of the 1977 "Wow! Signal".{{cite journal|last1=Paris|first1=Antonio|title=Hydrogen Clouds from Comets 266/P Christensen and P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) are Candidates for the Source of the 1977 "WOW" Signal|journal=Washington Academy of Sciences|date=Winter 2015|url=http://planetary-science.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paris_Davies-H-I-Line-Signal.pdf|accessdate=7 June 2017}}
References
{{reflist
| refs =
|title=266P/Christensen Orbit
|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=266P
|publisher=Minor Planet Center
|accessdate=2017-06-08}}
|date=2014-02-27
|title=266P/Christensen (NK 2619)
|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections
|author=Syuichi Nakano
|author-link=Syuichi Nakano
|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk2619.htm
|accessdate=2017-06-08}}
}}
External links
- [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=266P;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=266P Horizons Ephemeris]
- [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0266P/index.html 266P on Seiichi Yoshida's comet list]
- [http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/returnprepeph.cgi?d=c&o=0266P Elements and Ephemeris for 266P/Christensen]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – Minor Planet Center
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