Comets

Comets

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

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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, ...

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 ...

Tempel–Swift–LINEAR

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Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet in the solar system. Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (Marseille) originally discovered the comet on November 27, 1869, it was later observed by Lewis Swift ...

Tempel, also known as Tempel 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 10.6 kilometers in diameter with a low albedo of 0.022. The most favorable apparition of ...

Tempel 1 (comet)

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Tempel 1 (official designation: 9P/Tempel), is a periodic comet discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1867. It currently completes an orbit of the Sun every 5.5 years. Tempel 1 was the target of the Deep ...

Comet Tuttle

Astronomy; Comets

Tuttle (also known as Tuttle's Comet or Comet Tuttle) is a periodic comet in our solar system. Perihelion was late January 2008, and as of February was visible telescopically to Southern Hemisphere ...

Comet Pons–Winnecke

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Also known as Comet Pons–Winnecke is a periodic comet in the solar system. Jean Louis Pons (Marseille) originally discovered the comet on June 12, 1819, it was later rediscovered by Friedrich August ...