Comet 30P/Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a Jupiter-family comet with a 7.23-year orbit around the Sun. It was first discovered by Karl Reinmuth on 22 February 1928 from the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl in Germany.
Initial calculations of its orbit estimated a period of 25 years, but this was later revised to seven years, leading to speculation that it was the same comet as Comet Taylor, which had been lost since 1915. Further calculations by George van Biesbroeck concluded that they were different comets.
The 1935 approach was observed, though it was not as favorable. In 1937, the comet passed close to Jupiter, which increased the perihelion distance and orbital period.
Due to miscalculations, the 1942 appearance was missed, but it has been observed on every subsequent appearance since.
The nucleus is estimated to be in diameter.
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at the Minor Planet Center database 30P/Reinmuth at Gary W. Kronk's Cometography 30P/Reinmuth at Kazuo Kinoshita's Comets 30P/Reinmuth at Seiichi Yoshida's website