C/2006 A1 (Pojmański)
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Comet Pojmański photographed by John Drummond on 24 February 2006. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Grzegorz Pojmański |
| Discovery date | 2 January 2006 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 24 March 2006 (JD 2453818.5) |
| Observation arc | 247 days |
| Earliest precovery date | 25 December 2005 |
| Number of observations | 600 |
| Aphelion | ~2,530 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.555 AU |
| Semi-major axis | ~2,380 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.99977 |
| Orbital period | ~45,000 years |
| Inclination | 92.736° |
| 211.34° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 351.19° |
| Mean anomaly | 0.0003° |
| Last perihelion | 22 February 2006 |
| TJupiter | –0.042 |
| Earth MOID | 0.445 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.474 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.867 km (0.539 mi) |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 7.4 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 14.5 |
| 4.5 (2006 apparition) | |
Comet Pojmański, formally designated as C/2006 A1, is a non-periodic comet that became barely visible to the naked eye in early 2006. It is the only comet discovered by Polish astronomer, Grzegorz Pojmański.