62P/Tsuchinshan
62P/Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 1, is a periodic comet first discovered January 1, 1965 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking. It last came to perihelion on 25 December 2023 at around apparent magnitude 8, and was then  from Earth and 110 degrees from the Sun.

During the 2004 perihelion passage the comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 11. The comet was not observed during the 2011 unfavorable apparition since the perihelion passage occurred when the comet was on the far side of the Sun. During the 2023 apparition it brightened to 8th magnitude.

On 2049 April 1 the comet will pass about  from Mars.

See also
List of numbered comets

References

External links 
 Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
 62P/Tsuchinshan 1 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
 Elements and Ephemeris for 62P/Tsuchinshan – Minor Planet Center
  62P/Tsuchinshan  at the Minor Planet Center's Database
 62P/Tsuchinshan – Kazuo Kinoshita (2006 Oct. 10)
 62P – Gary W. Kronk's Cometography

Periodic comets
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Comets in 2011
Comets in 2017
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