42P/Neujmin
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42P/Neujmin, also known as Neujmin 3, is a periodic comet 2 km in diameter. It will next came to perihelion on 14 January 2026 at around magnitude 19.
This comet and 53P/Van Biesbroeck are fragments of a parent comet that split in March 1845.
The comet did not come within 1 AU of a planet in the 20th century, but will pass 0.04 AU from asteroid 4 Vesta on July 17, 2036.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.2 kilometers in diameter.
External links
- at the JPL Small-Body Database· · · · ·
- at Seiichi Yoshida's website
- at Gideon van Buitenen's website
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| Previous 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák | 42P/Neujmin | Next 43P/Wolf–Harrington |