412P/WISE

412P/WISE (provisional name P/2010 B2) is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the first comet discovered by the space observatory WISE and was first observed on January 22, 2010^[1] and has since been followed by ground observatories, among them the Mauna Kea Observatory.^[2]

412P/WISE

The comet images by WISE telescope
Discovery
Discovered by	WISE
Discovery date	January 22, 2010
Designations
Alternative designations	P/2010 B2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch	January 4, 2010
Perihelion	1.6069719 AU
Semi-major axis	2.9932709 AU
Eccentricity	0.4631385
Orbital period	5.18 a
Inclination	8.88973°

The comet has an orbital period of 4.7 years, an aphelion of 4 astronomical units and a perihelion of 1.6 astronomical units.^[3]