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Newspapers in various cities reported people having been scared by the appearance of the comet. The
Morning Post of Camden, New Jersey reported that similar scares happened in past years when comets had been seen. In Korea many thought the comet would kill them all off. Some stopped going to work,
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Outside politics the recently discovered daylight comet has been the chief topic of the week in
England. It appears that the name of "Drake's comet", by which it has been generally known here, was given by mistake owing to a telephonic error, and it now goes by the name of the daylight or sunset
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Owing to a "telephonic error", the comet was initially reported as being named Drake's Comet, though once the error was realised the press afterwards referred to it as the
Daylight Comet or Sunset Comet, as no single individual was credited with its discovery.
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about 1 degree from the Sun on 17 December 1909 but was still about 1 AU from the Sun. In
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C/1680 V1 (Great Comet of 1680, Kirsch's Comet, Newton's Comet)
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The
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which appeared in January 1910. It was already visible to the
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The Morning Post (Camden, New Jersey) 11 May 1910, Wed Page 6
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Donald Yeomans, "Great Comets in History". (Accessed 5/6/08)
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C/1743 X1 (Great Comet of 1744, Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux)
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554:"Daylight comet of 1910 portends end of Korean dynasty"
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of â29 (i.e. best seen from the Southern Hemisphere).
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just ate and drank and waited for the world to end.
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316:List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion
254:The first person to study the comet properly was
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137:0.12896 AU (19.292 million km)
448:"C/1910 A1 solar conjunction on 18 Jan 1910"
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2314:C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1865)
2249:C/1729 P1 (Comet of 1729, Comet Sarabat)
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364:. Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)
3354:Astronomical objects discovered in 1910
2349:C/1910 A1 (Great January Comet of 1910)
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592:, by John W. Bortle, Sky and Telescope
2289:C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet of 1843)
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285:Halley's Comet and the Daylight Comet
929:List of comets visited by spacecraft
2374:C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)
467:Burnham, R. & Levy, D. (2000),
378:, New York: Sterling, p. 178,
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2514:C/1992 J1 (SpacewatchâRabinowitz)
2294:C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet)
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360:(Solution using the Solar System
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2364:C/1927 X1 (SkjellerupâMaristany)
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590:The Great Daylight Comet of 1910
262:at the Transvaal Observatory in
2458:C/1970 K1 (WhiteâOrtizâBolelli)
2344:C/1901 G1 (Great Comet of 1901)
2334:C/1882 R1 (Great Comet of 1882)
2309:C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861)
2284:C/1823 Y1 (Great Comet of 1823)
2279:C/1819 N1 (Great Comet of 1819)
2274:C/1811 F1 (Great Comet of 1811)
2269:C/1807 R1 (Great Comet of 1807)
2264:C/1769 P1 (Great Comet of 1769)
2259:C/1760 A1 (Great Comet of 1760)
2228:C/1577 V1 (Great Comet of 1577)
2223:C/1471 Y1 (Great Comet of 1472)
2218:C/1402 D1 (Great Comet of 1402)
2213:C/1264 N1 (Great Comet of 1264)
2208:X/1106 C1 (Great Comet of 1106)
871:Observational history of comets
425:was reported to reach a higher
21:C/1910 A1 (Great January Comet,
2493:C/1989 Y1 (SkorichenkoâGeorge)
2483:C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)
1890:P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)
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95:January 9, 1910 (JD 2418680.5)
1:
2478:C/1983 H1 (IRASâArakiâAlcock)
960:C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanâATLAS)
408:"The Bright Comet Chronicles"
326:
207:and often referred to as the
2519:C/1993 Y1 (McNaughtâRussell)
2441:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)
2041:D/1993 F2 (ShoemakerâLevy 9)
1950:57P/du ToitâNeujminâDelporte
1442:57P/du ToitâNeujminâDelporte
226:
7:
2010:226P/PigottâLINEARâKowalski
1382:45P/HondaâMrkosâPajduĆĄĂĄkovĂĄ
1362:41P/TuttleâGiacobiniâKresĂĄk
893:Extraterrestrial atmosphere
596:Great January Comet of 1910
309:
201:Great January Comet of 1910
10:
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2399:C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)
2379:C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)
2319:X/1872 X1 (Pogson's Comet)
2304:C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher)
924:List of missions to comets
683:
477:Cambridge University Press
3313:
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2684:C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
2629:C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
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2329:C/1881 K1 (Comet Tebbutt)
2244:C/1702 H1 (Comet of 1702)
2203:C/-43 K1 (Caesar's Comet)
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2169:67P/ChuryumovâGerasimenko
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1537:76P/WestâKohoutekâIkemura
1492:67P/ChuryumovâGerasimenko
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376:Space: The First 50 Years
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2324:C/1874 H1 (Comet Coggia)
2299:C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati)
1522:73P/SchwassmannâWachmann
1312:31P/SchwassmannâWachmann
1302:29P/SchwassmannâWachmann
975:C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)
300:
71:Alternative designations
2864:de KockâParaskevopoulos
2719:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)
1920:11P/TempelâSwiftâLINEAR
1212:11P/TempelâSwiftâLINEAR
1060:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)
903:Small Solar System body
601:JPL Small-Body Database
84:Orbital characteristics
2699:C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)
2694:C/2013 US10 (Catalina)
2539:C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse)
2436:C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki)
2416:C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)
2015:271P/van HoutenâLemmon
1975:107P/WilsonâHarrington
1970:97P/MetcalfâBrewington
1940:54P/de VicoâSwiftâNEAT
1816:4015 WilsonâHarrington
1660:147P/KushidaâMuramatsu
1625:107P/WilsonâHarrington
1615:97P/MetcalfâBrewington
1427:54P/de VicoâSwiftâNEAT
203:, formally designated
3217:SpacewatchâRabinowitz
2779:C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
2729:C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
2709:C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
2674:C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
2654:C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
2599:C/2006 A1 (PojmaĆski)
2589:C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
2569:C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)
2534:C/1997 L1 (ZhuâBalam)
2529:C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)
2524:C/1995 O1 (HaleâBopp)
2359:C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)
2005:206P/BarnardâBoattini
1527:74P/SmirnovaâChernykh
1437:56P/SlaughterâBurnham
1332:35P/HerschelâRigollet
1079:C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
1040:C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
970:C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)
945:C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
3197:SkjellerupâMaristany
2734:1I/2017 U1 ʻOumuamua
2644:C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
2634:C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
2609:C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
2594:C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
2549:C/1999 F1 (Catalina)
2463:C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)
2133:26P/GriggâSkjellerup
2121:21P/GiacobiniâZinner
1960:72P/DenningâFujikawa
1517:72P/DenningâFujikawa
1417:52P/HarringtonâAbell
1392:47P/AshbrookâJackson
1287:26P/GriggâSkjellerup
1262:21P/GiacobiniâZinner
127:~900 AU (epoch 2000)
3344:Non-periodic comets
3266:WhiteâOrtizâBolelli
2769:C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2759:C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
2739:C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
2724:C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
2714:C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
2704:C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
2689:C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
2659:C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
2639:C/2009 F6 (YiâSWAN)
2614:C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
2559:C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
2453:C/1969 Y1 (Bennett)
2426:C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)
2411:C/1961 R1 (Humason)
2384:C/1948 V1 (Eclipse)
1895:(300163) 2006 VW139
1765:332P/IkeyaâMurakami
1670:156P/RussellâLINEAR
1552:79P/du ToitâHartley
1462:61P/ShajnâSchaldach
1447:58P/JacksonâNeujmin
1372:43P/WolfâHarrington
1272:23P/BrorsenâMetcalf
1074:C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
1050:C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
1045:C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
1025:C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
995:C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
980:C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
647:Physical parameters
279:Northern Hemisphere
237:Southern Hemisphere
56:Discovery date
25:
3202:SkorichenkoâGeorge
2797:Aarseth-Brewington
2749:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
2669:C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
2649:C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
2619:C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)
2579:C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
2564:C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)
2554:C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
2488:C/1989 X1 (Austin)
2473:C/1980 E1 (Bowell)
2354:C/1911 O1 (Brooks)
2057:D/1770 L1 (Lexell)
1965:80P/PetersâHartley
1680:162P/Siding Spring
1557:80P/PetersâHartley
1422:53P/Van Biesbroeck
1347:38P/StephanâOterma
1055:C/2015 G2 (MASTER)
1030:C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)
1020:P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)
1010:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
990:C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
950:C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)
513:. January 30, 1910
433:by some observers.
427:apparent magnitude
374:Moore, P. (2007),
275:forward scattering
269:The comet reached
260:Robert T. A. Innes
245:apparent magnitude
231:The comet came to
125:~1150 AU (inbound)
51:Multiple observers
47:Discovered by
19:
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3301:
3300:
2916:IRASâArakiâAlcock
2754:C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
2624:C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
2431:C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
2421:C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)
2394:C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)
2369:C/1931 P1 (Ryves)
2178:
2177:
2105:
2104:
2067:18D/PerrineâMrkos
1945:55P/TempelâTuttle
1822:7968 ElstâPizarro
1740:273P/PonsâGambart
1685:168P/Hergenrother
1675:161P/HartleyâIRAS
1635:109P/SwiftâTuttle
1477:64P/SwiftâGehrels
1432:55P/TempelâTuttle
1247:18D/PerrineâMrkos
1115:
1114:
1102:Comets in fiction
1005:C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)
1000:C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
955:C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)
881:Comet discoverers
385:978-1-4027-5208-7
233:solar conjunction
197:
196:
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3320:
3279:
3257:
3249:Tago-Sato-Kosaka
3076:McNaughtâRussell
2764:C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
2679:C/2012 S1 (ISON)
2664:C/2012 E2 (SWAN)
2604:C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
2584:C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
2574:C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
2544:C/1998 J1 (SOHO)
2509:C/1990 K1 (Levy)
2468:C/1975 V1 (West)
2449:
2407:
2193:
2192:
1910:
1909:
1665:153P/IkeyaâZhang
1402:49P/ArendâRigaux
1192:7P/PonsâWinnecke
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1121:
1120:
1097:Antimatter comet
985:C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
866:Naming of comets
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639:Orbital elements
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193:January 17, 1910
59:January 12, 1910
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3349:1910 in science
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2774:C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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1789:
1592:
1586:
1467:62P/Tsuchinshan
1457:60P/Tsuchinshan
1452:59P/KearnsâKwee
1217:12P/PonsâBrooks
1154:
1144:
1133:
1126:Lists of comets
1111:
1089:
1083:
1068:
965:C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
933:
912:
854:
747:
741:
732:
687:
682:
581:
575:
573:
572:
563:
561:
552:
551:
547:
542:
538:
533:
529:
516:
514:
503:
502:
498:
491:
465:
461:
452:
450:
441:
437:
416:
414:
404:
393:
386:
372:
368:
354:
352:
343:
334:
329:
312:
303:
287:
229:
190:Last perihelion
143:Semi-major axis
126:
111:
101:Observation arc
77:
73:
36:
23:Daylight Comet)
22:
20:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3372:
3362:
3361:
3356:
3351:
3346:
3329:
3328:
3326:
3325:
3314:
3311:
3310:
3307:
3306:
3303:
3302:
3299:
3298:
3296:
3295:
3290:
3285:
3280:
3271:WilsonâHubbard
3268:
3263:
3258:
3246:
3245:
3244:
3239:
3234:
3224:
3219:
3214:
3209:
3204:
3199:
3194:
3193:
3192:
3187:
3177:
3172:
3167:
3162:
3157:
3156:
3155:
3150:
3145:
3140:
3138:311P/PanSTARRS
3135:
3130:
3120:
3115:
3110:
3105:
3100:
3099:
3098:
3093:
3083:
3078:
3073:
3072:
3071:
3066:
3056:
3051:
3046:
3045:
3044:
3039:
3034:
3029:
3019:
3018:
3017:
3012:
3002:
3001:
3000:
2995:
2990:
2985:
2975:
2970:
2965:
2964:
2963:
2958:
2953:
2943:
2938:
2933:
2928:
2923:
2918:
2913:
2908:
2907:
2906:
2901:
2891:
2886:
2881:
2876:
2871:
2866:
2861:
2860:
2859:
2854:
2844:
2839:
2834:
2829:
2824:
2819:
2814:
2809:
2804:
2799:
2793:
2791:
2785:
2784:
2782:
2781:
2776:
2771:
2766:
2761:
2756:
2751:
2746:
2741:
2736:
2731:
2726:
2721:
2716:
2711:
2706:
2701:
2696:
2691:
2686:
2681:
2676:
2671:
2666:
2661:
2656:
2651:
2646:
2641:
2636:
2631:
2626:
2621:
2616:
2611:
2606:
2601:
2596:
2591:
2586:
2581:
2576:
2571:
2566:
2561:
2556:
2551:
2546:
2541:
2536:
2531:
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2505:
2503:
2499:
2498:
2496:
2495:
2490:
2485:
2480:
2475:
2470:
2465:
2460:
2455:
2450:
2438:
2433:
2428:
2423:
2418:
2413:
2408:
2396:
2391:
2386:
2381:
2376:
2371:
2366:
2361:
2356:
2351:
2346:
2341:
2336:
2331:
2326:
2321:
2316:
2311:
2306:
2301:
2296:
2291:
2286:
2281:
2276:
2271:
2266:
2261:
2256:
2251:
2246:
2241:
2235:
2230:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2199:
2197:
2190:
2184:Near-Parabolic
2180:
2179:
2176:
2175:
2173:
2172:
2166:
2160:
2154:
2148:
2142:
2136:
2130:
2124:
2117:
2115:
2107:
2106:
2103:
2102:
2100:
2099:
2094:
2089:
2084:
2079:
2074:
2069:
2064:
2059:
2053:
2051:
2047:
2046:
2044:
2043:
2038:
2032:
2030:
2026:
2025:
2023:
2022:
2017:
2012:
2007:
2002:
2000:205P/Giacobini
1997:
1992:
1987:
1982:
1977:
1972:
1967:
1962:
1957:
1952:
1947:
1942:
1937:
1932:
1927:
1922:
1916:
1914:
1907:
1901:
1900:
1898:
1897:
1892:
1887:
1885:358P/PANSTARRS
1882:
1877:
1872:
1867:
1865:311P/PanSTARRS
1862:
1857:
1852:
1846:
1843:60558 Echeclus
1840:
1835:
1830:
1825:
1819:
1813:
1807:
1801:
1799:
1791:
1790:
1788:
1787:
1785:460P/PanSTARRS
1782:
1777:
1772:
1767:
1762:
1757:
1752:
1750:311P/PanSTARRS
1747:
1742:
1737:
1732:
1727:
1722:
1717:
1712:
1707:
1705:205P/Giacobini
1702:
1697:
1692:
1687:
1682:
1677:
1672:
1667:
1662:
1657:
1652:
1647:
1642:
1637:
1632:
1627:
1622:
1617:
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1602:
1596:
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1469:
1464:
1459:
1454:
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1444:
1439:
1434:
1429:
1424:
1419:
1414:
1412:51P/Harrington
1409:
1404:
1399:
1394:
1389:
1384:
1379:
1374:
1369:
1364:
1359:
1354:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1317:32P/Comas SolĂ
1314:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1289:
1284:
1279:
1277:24P/Schaumasse
1274:
1269:
1264:
1259:
1254:
1249:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1158:
1156:
1147:
1135:
1134:
1117:
1116:
1113:
1112:
1110:
1109:
1107:Comet vintages
1104:
1099:
1093:
1091:
1085:
1084:
1082:
1081:
1076:
1071:
1066:
1062:
1057:
1052:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
982:
977:
972:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
941:
939:
935:
934:
932:
931:
926:
920:
918:
914:
913:
911:
910:
905:
900:
895:
890:
889:
888:
878:
873:
868:
862:
860:
856:
855:
853:
852:
847:
842:
837:
827:
822:
821:
820:
815:
810:
808:Near-parabolic
800:
799:
798:
793:
788:
786:Jupiter-family
783:
778:
773:
768:
757:
755:
749:
748:
735:
733:
731:
730:
725:
720:
715:
710:
705:
699:
697:
689:
688:
681:
680:
673:
666:
658:
652:
651:
650:
649:
607:Close approach
593:
587:
580:
579:External links
577:
571:
570:
545:
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510:New York Times
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489:
459:
435:
391:
384:
366:
331:
330:
328:
325:
324:
323:
318:
311:
308:
302:
299:
291:Halley's Comet
286:
283:
228:
225:
209:Daylight Comet
195:
194:
191:
187:
186:
183:
177:
176:
169:
167:Orbital period
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162:
159:
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139:
138:
135:
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117:
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113:
107:
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60:
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53:
52:
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38:
37:
34:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3371:
3360:
3357:
3355:
3352:
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3345:
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3339:
3324:
3316:
3315:
3312:
3294:
3291:
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3262:
3259:
3255:
3250:
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3208:
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3200:
3198:
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3180:Siding Spring
3178:
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3158:
3154:
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3149:
3146:
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3141:
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3008:
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3006:
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2999:
2996:
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2991:
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1849:118401 LINEAR
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3010:C/2001 OG108
2802:ArendâRoland
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2163:103P/Hartley
2153:(2005, 2011)
2139:19P/Borrelly
2087:75D/Kohoutek
2072:20D/Westphal
1995:177P/Barnard
1990:157P/Tritton
1985:122P/de Vico
1860:259P/Garradd
1695:177P/Barnard
1655:144P/Kushida
1640:122P/de Vico
1630:108P/Ciffréo
1620:103P/Hartley
1610:96P/Machholz
1542:77P/Longmore
1532:75D/Kohoutek
1387:46P/Wirtanen
1377:44P/Reinmuth
1307:30P/Reinmuth
1257:20D/Westphal
1252:19P/Borrelly
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64:Designations
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3148:C/2015 ER61
2857:C/2013 US10
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2097:85D/Boethin
2092:83D/Russell
2077:25D/Neujmin
1880:354P/LINEAR
1838:167P/CINEOS
1828:165P/LINEAR
1810:2060 Chiron
1805:596 Scheila
1775:354P/LINEAR
1770:333P/LINEAR
1730:252P/LINEAR
1725:249P/LINEAR
1710:209P/LINEAR
1605:92P/Sanguin
1582:85D/Boethin
1572:83D/Russell
1567:82P/Gehrels
1547:78P/Gehrels
1497:68P/Klemola
1487:66P/du Toit
1397:48P/Johnson
1367:42P/Neujmin
1357:40P/VÀisÀlÀ
1337:36P/Whipple
1297:28P/Neujmin
1282:25D/Neujmin
1187:6P/d'Arrest
1090:speculation
1088:Culture and
917:Exploration
825:Great Comet
781:Halley-type
776:Long period
412:harvard.edu
321:Great comet
258:astronomer
249:declination
181:Inclination
3338:Categories
3222:Stonehouse
3175:SekiâLines
3123:Pan-STARRS
3113:Oukaimeden
2988:C/2000 WM1
2911:Ikeya-Seki
2788:After 1910
2744:2I/Borisov
2502:After 1990
2196:Until 1990
2113:spacecraft
2111:Visited by
2062:5D/Brorsen
1955:69P/Taylor
1930:17P/Holmes
1925:15P/Finlay
1875:331P/Gibbs
1795:Comet-like
1600:88P/Howell
1591:After 1985
1577:84P/Giclas
1507:70P/Kojima
1502:69P/Taylor
1352:39P/Oterma
1342:37P/Forbes
1322:33P/Daniel
1242:17P/Holmes
1237:16P/Brooks
1232:15P/Finlay
1222:13P/Olbers
1207:10P/Tempel
1182:5D/Brorsen
1153:Until 1985
1015:2I/Borisov
898:Oort cloud
830:Sungrazing
813:Hyperbolic
791:Encke-type
723:Comet dust
564:2021-10-29
558:koreatimes
517:2009-11-14
479:, p.
453:2021-09-06
431:perihelion
417:2008-11-18
362:Barycenter
355:2021-09-06
327:References
271:perihelion
247:â1 with a
133:Perihelion
3288:ZhuâBalam
3242:C/2020 F8
3237:C/2012 E2
3232:C/2006 M4
3190:C/2013 A1
3185:C/2007 Q3
3165:PojmaĆski
3153:C/2017 K2
3143:C/2014 Q1
3133:C/2012 K1
3128:C/2011 L4
3118:ʻOumuamua
3108:Nishimura
3096:C/2002 V1
3091:C/2001 Q4
3069:C/2009 R1
3064:C/2006 P1
3042:C/2014 Q2
3037:C/2013 R1
3032:C/2011 W3
3027:C/2007 E2
3015:C/2007 F1
2998:C/2002 T7
2993:C/2001 A2
2983:C/1999 S4
2961:C/2019 U6
2956:C/2018 C2
2951:C/2012 F6
2904:C/1964 N1
2899:C/1963 A1
2889:Hyakutake
2879:Hale-Bopp
2852:C/1999 F1
2837:Bradfield
2812:Beljawsky
2790:(by name)
2233:C/1652 Y1
2188:(notable)
2157:C/2006 P1
2151:9P/Tempel
2127:1P/Halley
2050:Not found
2029:Destroyed
1913:Recovered
1855:238P/Read
1833:166P/NEAT
1797:asteroids
1760:323P/SOHO
1755:322P/SOHO
1735:255P/Levy
1720:246P/NEAT
1715:238P/Read
1690:169P/NEAT
1645:126P/IRAS
1593:(notable)
1512:71P/Clark
1407:50P/Arend
1267:22P/Kopff
1202:9P/Tempel
1197:8P/Tuttle
1162:1P/Halley
1065:C/2014 UN
1035:C/2017 U7
796:Main-belt
623:Ephemeris
615:Discovery
429:close to
241:Transvaal
227:Discovery
217:naked eye
205:C/1910 A1
110:Number of
41:Discovery
3323:Category
3212:Southern
3059:McNaught
3054:Machholz
2941:Kohoutek
2847:Catalina
2822:Boattini
2145:81P/Wild
2082:34D/Gale
2036:3D/Biela
1562:81P/Wild
1482:65P/Gunn
1472:63P/Wild
1327:34D/Gale
1227:14P/Wolf
1172:3D/Biela
1167:2P/Encke
1143:Periodic
908:Asteroid
845:Exocomet
766:Numbered
761:Periodic
718:Antitail
696:Features
446:output.
444:Horizons
348:output.
346:Horizons
310:See also
256:Scottish
211:, was a
121:Aphelion
3283:YiâSWAN
3160:Pereyra
3103:NEOWISE
3022:Lovejoy
2968:Leonard
2936:Johnson
2931:Jacques
2926:Iwamoto
2884:Humason
2869:Eclipse
2827:Borisov
2817:Bennett
1177:4P/Faye
876:Centaur
859:Related
840:Extinct
703:Nucleus
598:at the
185:138.78°
171:~9,200
161:0.99978
105:82 days
3005:LONEOS
2978:LINEAR
2946:Lemmon
2874:Elenin
2842:Brooks
2832:Bowell
2807:Austin
2186:comets
2171:(2014)
2165:(2010)
2159:(2007)
2147:(2004)
2141:(2001)
2135:(1992)
2129:(1986)
2123:(1985)
1851:(176P)
1845:(174P)
1824:(133P)
1818:(107P)
1145:comets
938:Latest
886:LINEAR
834:Kreutz
685:Comets
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753:Types
713:Tails
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221:Venus
213:comet
147:~440
91:Epoch
78:1910a
16:Comet
3261:West
3227:SWAN
3207:SOHO
3086:NEAT
2973:Levy
2921:ISON
1905:Lost
1780:362P
1130:more
771:Lost
708:Coma
485:ISBN
380:ISBN
199:The
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