Comets

Comets

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

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Comets

Comet Giacobini–Zinner (official designation: 21P/Giacobini–Zinner) is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered by Michel Giacobini from (Nice, France), who observed the comet in the ...

Westphal (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Westphal is a periodic comet in our solar system, originally discovered by the German astronomer J. G. Westphal (Göttingen, Germany) on July 24, 1852. It was independently discovered by the American ...

Comet Borrelly

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Borrelly or Borrelly's Comet (official designation: 19P/Borrelly) is a periodic comet, which was visited by the spacecraft Deep Space 1 in 2001.

McNaught-Hughes comet

Astronomy; Comets

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.

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 ...

Comet Wild 4

Astronomy; Comets

Wild, also known as Wild 4, is a periodic comet in the solar system. On 04 November 2042 the comet will pass about 0.029 AU (4,300,000 km; 2,700,000 mi) from Ceres

Wiseman-Skiff (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Wiseman-Skiff is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered by Jennifer Wiseman in January of 1987 on two photographic plates that had been taken on December 28, 1986, by Brian A. Skiff ...