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Comets

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

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Comets

Pons-Brooks (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Pons–Brooks is a periodic comet with a period of 71 years. The comet was suggested by Carl Sagan as the spectacular comet seen by the Chinese in 1486 BCE which, according to historical researcher ...

Brooks 2 (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Brooks, also known as Brooks 2, is a periodic comet discovered by William Robert Brooks on July 7, 1889, but failed to note any motion. He was able to confirm the discovery the next morning, having ...

Finlay (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Finlay is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by William Henry Finlay (Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa) on September 26, 1886. It will next come to perihelion ...

Perrine-Mrkos (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Perrine–Mrkos is a periodic comet in the solar system, originally discovered by the American-Argentine astronomer Charles Dillon Perrine (Lick Observatory, California, USA) on December 9, 1896. For ...

Wolf (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Wolf is a periodic comet in our solar system. Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It was later discovered, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland (Dun Echt ...

Olbers (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Olbers is a periodic comet in our solar system. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Bremen) discovered the comet on March 6, 1815. Its orbit was first computed by Carl Friedrich Gauss on March 31, ...

Holmes (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Holmes (official designation: 17P/Holmes) is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892. Although normally a very faint ...

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