271P/van Houten–Lemmon

{{Short description|Comet}}

{{Infobox comet

| name = 271P/van Houten-Lemmon

| image =

| caption =

| discoverer = C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld

| discovery_date = 1966

| mpc_name = P/1960 S1
{{mp|P/2012 TB|36}}

| designations = 1961 X

| epoch = 2013-11-04

| aphelion = 9.726 AU

| perihelion = 4.2494 AU

| semimajor = 6.9878 AU

| eccentricity = 0.39187

| period = 18.47 yr

| inclination = 6.8527°

| last_p = 2013-Jul-05
1995-Apr-28

| next_p = 2032-Mar-22

}}

271P/van Houten–Lemmon (previously P/1960 S1 and {{mp|P/2012 TB|36}}) is a short-period comet discovered in 1966 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on eight Palomar plates taken by Tom Gehrels between 24 September and 26 October 1960 as a hazy object of 17th magnitude. It was considered lost and designated D/1960 S1 until recovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 17 September 2012.

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{{cite web

|title=271P/van Houten-Lemmon Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=271P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|access-date=2014-06-20}}

}}

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{cite journal

|date=September 1967

| title = Reports on the Progress of Astronomy: Comets

| journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

| volume = 8

| pages = 274

| bibcode = 1967QJRAS...8..274.

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Roemer

| first1 = Elizabeth

| author-link1 = Elizabeth Roemer

|date=December 1966

| title = Comet Notes

| journal = Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

| volume = 78

| issue = 466

| pages = 556

| bibcode = 1966PASP...78..555R

|doi = 10.1086/128418 | doi-access= free

}}

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