335P/Gibbs
{{short description|Periodic comet}}
{{For|other comets discovered by Alex R. Gibbs|Comet Gibbs}}
{{Infobox comet
| name=335P/Gibbs
| image=
| discoverer=Alex R. Gibbs
| discovery_date=31 December 2008
| designations= 2008 Y2, 2016 A9
| epoch=2022-08-09.0
| semimajor=3.578 AU
| perihelion=1.624 AU
| aphelion=5.532 AU
| eccentricity=0.546
| period=6.77 a
| inclination= 7.293°
| last_p=2015-11-05
}}
335P/Gibbs is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It last came to perihelion in August 2022. Together with 266P/Christensen, it was proposed 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|access-date=7 June 2017}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
|title=335P/Gibbs Orbit
|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=335P
|publisher=Minor Planet Center
|access-date=2017-06-08}}
|date=2016-02-09
|title=335P/Gibbs (NK 3062)
|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections
|author=Syuichi Nakano
|author-link=Syuichi Nakano
|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk3062.htm
|access-date=2017-06-08}}
}}
External links
- [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=335P;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=335P Horizons Ephemeris]
- [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0335P/index.html 335P on Seiichi Yoshida's comet list]
- [http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/returnprepeph.cgi?d=c&o=0335P Elements and Ephemeris for 335P/Gibbs]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – Minor Planet Center
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