C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Roy A. Tucker |
| Discovery site | Tucson, Arizona |
| Discovery date | 23 August 2004 |
| Designations | |
| CK04Q010 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 11 December 2004 (JD 2453350.5) |
| Observation arc | 615 days (1.68 years) |
| Earliest precovery date | 22 August 2004 |
| Number of observations | 1,972 |
| Aphelion | 371.4 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.047 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 186.739 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.98904 |
| Orbital period | 2,552 years |
| Inclination | 56.09° |
| 22.13° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 32.97° |
| Last perihelion | 6 December 2004 |
| TJupiter | 1.015 |
| Earth MOID | 1.146 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.582 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 9.6 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 11.8 |
| 10.5 (2004 apparition) | |
Comet Tucker, formally designated as C/2004 Q1, is a faint non-periodic comet that had a very distant perihelion on 11 December 2004. It was the second of two comets discovered by famed amateur astronomer, Roy A. Tucker.