Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) |
Discovery date | October 10, 2003 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 2.568001678282154 |
Eccentricity | 0.7761661415724617 |
Orbital period |
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P/2003 T12 is a periodical comet that is observed in the sky every 10–15 years. [1] On January 13, 2012, it was observed by the satellite STEREO-B, and the most documented phase of P/2003 T12 was observed on that date.
During its apparition on January 12, 2012, it ventured into the highest phase angle ever observed for a comet, and the forward-scattering enhancement in brightness was marked, as large as ~8.5 mag. This has given insight into Henyey-Greenstein (HG) space-dust. [2]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) |
Discovery date | October 10, 2003 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 2.568001678282154 |
Eccentricity | 0.7761661415724617 |
Orbital period |
|
P/2003 T12 is a periodical comet that is observed in the sky every 10–15 years. [1] On January 13, 2012, it was observed by the satellite STEREO-B, and the most documented phase of P/2003 T12 was observed on that date.
During its apparition on January 12, 2012, it ventured into the highest phase angle ever observed for a comet, and the forward-scattering enhancement in brightness was marked, as large as ~8.5 mag. This has given insight into Henyey-Greenstein (HG) space-dust. [2]