96P sungrazer family

96P sungrazer family is a small group of sungrazing comets, orginating from 96P/Macholz comet. All comets belonging to this group are discovered by NASA/ESA SOHO (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory) satellite. It contains three subgroups: Marsden, Kracht and Kracht II.

96P type is the rarest among all objects recorded by SOHO – just 3% of all belong to this group.[1]

% of 96P group[2]
SUBGROUP Marsden Kracht Kracht II Total
FREQUENCY 1.5% 1.1% 0.3% 2.9%
  1. ^ Battams, Karl; Knight, Matthew M. (2017-07-13). "SOHO comets: 20 years and 3000 objects later". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 375 (2097): 20160257. arXiv:1611.02279. Bibcode:2017RSPTA.37560257B. doi:10.1098/rsta.2016.0257. ISSN 1364-503X. PMC 5454226. PMID 28554977.
  2. ^ "C2/C3 Comet Tracks | Sungrazer".