56P/Slaughter-Burnham
- Capture date
- 2016-11-06
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0056P C2016 11 06.05347 04 40 07.41 +34 19 00.0 16.1 Nw@1309J01
- Distance to the Sun
- 2.647821 AU (396,108,448 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 1.751942 AU (262,086,743 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 16.8 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 56p_20161106-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 990 × 678
About this object
- Designation
- 56P
- Orbit class
- Jupiter-family Comet
Orbital parameters: Epoch 2456516.5 JD TDB · q = 2.51 au · e = 0.507 · i = 8.15 deg · Ω = 346 deg · ω = 44.2 deg · T = 2457587.582 JD TDB