Comets

Comets

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

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Comet Thatcher

Astronomy; Comets

Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) is a long-period comet discovered by A. E. Thatcher. It is responsible for the Lyrids meteor shower. Carl Wilhelm Baeker also independently found this comet.

Comet Daniel is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by Zaccheus Daniel (Halsted Observatory, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA) on December 7, 1909 estimated as magnitude 9. Following ...

Comet Schwassmann–Wachmann

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 1, was discovered on November 15, 1927, by Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann at the Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf, Germany. ...

Comet Reinmuth

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a periodic comet in the solar system, first discovered by Karl Reinmuth (Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany) on February 22, ...

Comet Gale

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Gale is a periodic comet in the Solar System discovered by Walter Frederick Gale (Sydney, Australia) on June 7, 1927. The second apparition was calculated for 1938, but Gale failed to find it, ...

Schwassmann–Wachmann (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered on January 17, 1929, at an apparent magnitude of 11. The comet has been seen at ...

Herschel–Rigollet (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Herschel–Rigollet is a periodic comet discovered by Caroline Herschel (Slough, United Kingdom) on 1788-12-21. Given that the comet takes 155 years to orbit the Sun, predictions for the next ...