90P/Gehrels

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 14 year orbit}}

{{Infobox comet

| name = 90P/Gehrels

| image =

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| discoverer = Tom Gehrels

| discovery_date = 11 October 1972

| designations = Gehrels 1

| epoch = 15 June 2002

| observation_arc = 29 years (1972-2001)

| obs = 52

| aphelion = 9.110 AU

| perihelion = 2.966 AU

| semimajor = 6.038 AU

| semiminor =

| orbital_circ =

| eccentricity = 0.5088

| period = 14.8 yr

| avg_speed =

| max_speed =

| min_speed =

| inclination = 9.616°

| tjup =

| dimensions = ~7.8 km

| albedo =

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| M2 =

| last_p = 19 June 2017
22 June 2002

| next_p = 2032-May-19{{mpc|90p}}

}}

90P/Gehrels, also known as Gehrels 1, is a Jupiter-family comet in the Solar System.[https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=90P&view=OPC "JPL Small-Body Database Browser"]. JPL. Retrieved 30 April 2015 The comet nucleus is about 7.8 km in diameter.

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