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
}}
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.
References
{{reflist|refs=
|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
}}
{{Refend}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110710232554/http://jcometobs.web.fc2.com/pcmt/j60s1.htm D/1960 S1 orbit] bu Kazuo Kinoshita
- [http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K12/K12U98.html MPEC 2012-U98 : P/1960 S1 = 2012 TB36 (van Houten-Lemmon)]
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