101P/Chernykh
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| Orbital period | 14 years |
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| Discovered | August 19, 1977 |
| Inclination | 5. 0792° |
| Discoverer | Nikolai Chernykh |
| Last perihelion | December 25, 2005 |
| Next perihelion | January 13, 2020 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0. 5938 |
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| ID | 2961035 |
About 101P/Chernykh
101P/Chernykh is a periodic comet which was first discovered on August 19, 1977, by Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh. In 1992, 101P/Chernykh was observed to split. JPL concluded that the comet split in April 1991, when 3. 3 AU from the Sun. The primary nucleus is 5. 6 km in diameter.