Comets

Comets

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

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Comet d'Arrest

Astronomy; Comets

Also known as d'Arrest's Comet or Comet d'Arrest is a periodic comet in the Solar System, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. It passed 0.15124 AU (22,625,000 km; 14,059,000 mi) from the Earth on ...

Also known as Brorsen's Comet or Comet Brorsen is a comet discovered February 26, 1846, by the Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen. The perihelion of 5D/Brorsen was February 25, just a day before its ...

Comet Faye

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Also known as Faye's Comet or Comet Faye is a periodic comet discovered in November, 1843, by Hervé Faye at the Royal Observatory in Paris. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the ...

Biela's Comet

Astronomy; Comets

Biela's Comet or Comet Biela (official designation: 3D/Biela) was a periodic comet first recorded in 1772 by Montaigne and Messier and finally identified as periodic in 1826 by Wilhelm von Biela. It ...

Comet Encke

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Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every three years — the shortest period of any known comet. It was first ...

Halley's Comet

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Halley's Comet or Comet Halley officially designated Halley) is the best-known of the short-period comets, and is visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years. Halley is the only short-period comet that ...

Comet Thatcher

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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.