Comets

Comets

A comet is a solid body orbiting the sun typically composed of rock, dust, or ice.

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Comets

Comet Hyakutake (Japanese pronunciation: (çʲakɯ̥take), formally designated C/1996 B2) is a comet, discovered on 31 January 1996) that passed very close to Earth in March of that year. It was dubbed ...

Comet Kohoutek

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Kohoutek, formally designated C/1973 E1, 1973 XII, and 1973f, was first sighted on 7 March 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. It attained perihelion on 28 December that same year. Comet ...

Comet elenin

Astronomy; Comets

Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is a long-period comet discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin on December 10, 2010, through remote control of the International Scientific Optical Network's ...

Eclipse Comet

Astronomy; Comets

The Eclipse Comet of 1948, formally known as C/1948 V1, was an especially bright comet discovered during a solar eclipse on November 1, 1948. Although there have been several comets that have been ...

Comet brook

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C/1911 O1 (Brooks), also designated 1911 V or Comet Brooks, was a bright comet discovered in July 1911 by astronomer William Robert Brooks. It is notable for becoming a bright naked-eye object of ...

Comet Bennett

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Bennett, formally known as C/1969 Y1 (old style 1970 II and 1969i), was one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s, along with Comet West. The name is also borne by an altogether different ...

Comet Grigg–Skjellerup

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Grigg–Skjellerup (formally designated 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup) is a periodic comet. Discovered in 1902 by John Grigg of New Zealand, and rediscovered in its next appearance in 1922 by John Francis ...