Comets

Comets

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

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Whipple comet

Astronomy; Comets

Whipple is a periodic comet in our solar system. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 4.5 kilometers in diameter.

Herschel–Rigollet (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Herschel–Rigollet is a periodic comet discovered by Caroline Herschel (Slough, United Kingdom) on 1788-12-21. Given that the comet takes 155 years to orbit the Sun, predictions for the next ...

Comet Gale is a periodic comet in the Solar System discovered by Walter Frederick Gale (Sydney, Australia) on June 7, 1927. The second apparition was calculated for 1938, but Gale failed to find it, ...

Comet Daniel

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Daniel is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by Zaccheus Daniel (Halsted Observatory, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA) on December 7, 1909 estimated as magnitude 9. Following ...

Comas solàs

Astronomy; Comets

Comas Solà is the name of a periodic comet with a current orbital period of 8.8 years. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 8.4 kilometers in diameter

Schwassmann–Wachmann (comet)

Astronomy; Comets

Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered on January 17, 1929, at an apparent magnitude of 11. The comet has been seen at ...

Comet Reinmuth

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Reinmuth, also known as Comet Reinmuth 1, is a periodic comet in the solar system, first discovered by Karl Reinmuth (Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Germany) on February 22, ...