2005 September 06
New Discovery!: K. J. Lawrence reports the discovery of a new comet on Sep. 02, 2005, in the course of the NEAT survey. This was confirmed by J. Young (Table Mountain). The preliminary orbit for the 18m comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) shows the perihelion on Oct. 08, 2005, at about 2.1 AU. The period is about 14.0 years. This is the 51st comet discovery by NEAT. (IAUC 8595, subscription required, MPEC 2005-R25)
看來169P/NEAT块头不小
最新的报告是169P/NEAT 2005 09 12.79 11.7 T 349
有11.7等
小型望远镜应当可以尝试观测
它也是近期最亮的彗星了
它将于10月8日过近日点
估计亮度还会增加
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