37P/Forbes

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 6 year orbit}}

{{For|other comets discovered by Alexander Forbes|C/1930 L1 (Forbes)|C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell–Forbes)}}

{{Infobox comet

| name=37P/Forbes

| image= 37P 2018-05-27 NEOWISE image 3-color.png

| discoverer=Alexander F. I. Forbes

| discovery_date=August 1, 1929

| designations=1929 II; 1942 III; 1948 VIII;
1961 VI; 1974 IX; 1980 VI;
1987 I; 1993 IV

| epoch=March 6, 2006

| semimajor=3.429 AU

| perihelion=1.572 AU

| aphelion=5.285 AU

| eccentricity=0.5414

| period=6.349 a

| inclination= 8.9578°

| last_p=2018-May-04
December 11, 2011{{cite web

|date=2006-07-16

|title=37P/Forbes

|publisher=Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog

|author=Seiichi Yoshida

|url=http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0037P/index.html

|access-date=2010-02-28}}{{cite web

|date=2008-05-07

|title=37P/Forbes (NK 1617)

|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections

|author=Syuichi Nakano

|author-link=Syuichi Nakano

|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1617.htm

|access-date=2010-02-24}}
August 1, 2005

| next_p=2024-Oct-11{{mpc|37p}}

|caption=Image of the comet}}

37P/Forbes is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The orbit of this comet passes close to the planet Jupiter however it orbit changes frequently. It was discovered on August 1, 1929, by Alexander F. I. Forbes in South Africa.[http://cometography.com/pcomets/037p.html "C&M: 37P/Forbes"] Cometrography.com. Retrieved 2012-04-18 The comet nucleus is estimated to be 1.9 kilometers in diameter.{{cite web

|type=2006-01-23 last obs

|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 37P/Forbes

|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=37P

|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory

|access-date=2010-02-28}}

A close approach to Jupiter in the year 2001 has changes its perihelion to 1.57 AU. Despite the small change, the comet brightness went down by a magnitude of 2.{{Cite web |title=37P/Forbes |url=http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0037P/index.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.aerith.net}}