Comets for Celestia

[SpaceExplorer]

To make the comet trajectories more viable, I intend to redo them covering only the period 1800-2200. The original files have been removed and will be replaced later. At this time, I will be reusing the same original posts.

[SpaceExplorer]

2P/Encke released/revised on existing post.

[DaveBowman2001]

Orbit of 97P/Metcalf–Brewington

97P/Metcalf–Brewington is a 3.4-km wide Jupiter-family comet currently with a 10.4-year orbit around the Sun. It was first discovered by Joel H. Metcalf in 1906, becoming a lost comet until recovered by Howard J. Brewington in 1991. A close encounter with Jupiter in 1993 resulted in its orbit to increase its perihelion distance from 1.59 to 2.61 AU

97P Metcalf-Brewington.zip

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