Comets

Comets

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

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Comet de Vico

Astronomy; Comets

De Vico (provisional designation: 1846 D1) is a short-period comet. It was discovered by Francesco de Vico in Rome on February 20, 1846. On 03 December 2153 the comet will pass about 0.694 AU ...

Shoemaker, also known as Shoemaker 1, is a periodic comet in the solar system. It was first seen in 1984 and then again in 1991. Images taken of it in 1999 were not recognised until 2006 when it was ...

McNaught-Hughes comet

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McNaught-Hughes is a periodic comet in our solar system. It takes 6.65 years to orbit the Sun and is 4.2km in diameter.

Harrington–Abell (comet)

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Harrington–Abell is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered by Robert G. Harrington and George O. Abell in 1955 on plates from the Palomar Sky Survey taken with the 49-inch Samuel ...

Comet Arend

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Comet Arend or 50P/Arend is a periodic comet in our solar system which was discovered on October 4, 1951. It was discovered by astronomer Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of ...

Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko, officially designated 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years. It will next come to perihelion on 13 August 2015. It is the ...

Tsuchinshan (comet)

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Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 2, is a periodic comet in the solar system. The comet is expected to peak at about apparent magnitude 16.3 in 2012. On 29 December 2077 the comet will pass ...