Comets

Comets

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

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Comets

Comet Spitaler is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (Vienna, Austria) on November 17, 1890 whilst attempting to observe Comet Zona (C/1890 V1). Spitaler, ...

Comet Urata-Niijima

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Urata-Niijima is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by Japanese astronomers Tsuneo Niijima and Takeshi Urata on October 30, 1986 at Ojima, the first orbit was calculated by Brian ...

Helin-Roman-Crockett (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Helin-Roman-Crockett is a periodic comet in the solar system. It was discovered by Eleanor and Ron Helin on the 5th of January 1989 from images obtained on the 3rd and 4th of that month. It is a ...

Comet Wilson–Harrington

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Wilson–Harrington is a periodic comet (formally designated 107P/Wilson–Harrington). Little known about it distinguishes it from other comets, but for the fact that it is also designated an ...

Singer Brewster (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Singer Brewster is a periodic comet in our solar system. Its name is unusual: co-discovered comets bear the names of the co-discoverers linked by hyphens (e.g. Shoemaker-Levy 9, Swift-Tuttle, etc.). ...

Shoemaker (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

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 recognized until 2006 when it was ...

Chernykh (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Chernykh is a periodic comet which was first discovered on August 19, 1977, by Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh. In 1992, 101P/Chernykh was observed to split. JPL concluded that the comet split in April ...