Ryves Comet

Ryves Comet
Discovery
Discovered by	Percy Mayow Ryves
Discovery date	August 10, 1931
Designations
Alternative designations	1931c; 1931 E; C/1931 P1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch	7 August 1931
Aphelion	222 AU
Perihelion	0.075 AU
Semi-major axis	111 AU
Eccentricity	0.999326
Orbital period	N/A
Inclination	169.29°
Longitude of; ascending node	102.28°
Argument of; periapsis	168.15°
Last perihelion	25 August 1931

Ryves Comet, also known as C/1931 P1, 1931 E or 1931c, was discovered by Percy Mayow Ryves, an English amateur astronomer, on August 10, 1931. The comet passed perihelion on 25 August 1931 at a distance of 7 million miles from the Sun.^[2]

^ "Small-Body Database Lookup: C/1931 P1 (Ryves)". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Ryves Comet Passes at 100 Miles a Second; Heads for Void, Probably Never to Return". New York Times. August 28, 1931. p. 13.

[JPL-1] "Small-Body Database Lookup: C/1931 P1 (Ryves)". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[nyt-19310828-2] "Ryves Comet Passes at 100 Miles a Second; Heads for Void, Probably Never to Return". New York Times. August 28, 1931. p. 13.

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