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21comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …
22Comet Hale–Bopp — C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp) Discovery Discovered by: Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp Discovery date: July 23, 1995 Alternate designations: The Great Comet of …
23Comet Hale-Bopp — Infobox Comet name=C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp) discoverer=Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovery date=23 July 1995 designations=The Great Comet of 1997, C/1995 O1 epoch=2450460.5 semimajor=186 AU perihelion=0.91 AU aphelion=371 AU gravitational parameter… …
24Comet Arend–Roland — C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland) Discovery Discovered by: Sylvain Arend, Georges Roland Discovery date: 1956 Alternate designations: 1957 III, 1956h, C/1956 R1 …
25Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli — Approximate relationship of the largest members of the Kreutz Sungrazers. Note that the perihelion passage at which fragmentations occurred may not be well established Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli (formal designations: C/1970 K1, 1970 VI, and 1970f) …
26Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby — Conceptual artwork of the CRAF spacecraft The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) was a cancelled plan for a NASA led exploratory mission designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s, that planned to… …
27Comet Encke — 2P/Encke Discovery Discovered by: Pierre Méchain Discovery date: 1786 Alternate designations: 1786 I; 1795; 1805; 1819 I; 1822 II; 1825 III; 1829; 1832 I; 1835 II; 1838; 1842 I; 1845 IV …
28Comet Lulin — Not to be confused with 145523 Lulin. For other uses, see Lulin (disambiguation). C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Comet Lulin as seen on January 31st (top) and February 4th of 2009. Discovery Discovered by: Ye Quanzhi, Lin Chi Sheng …
29May 1910 — January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December May 18, 1910: Earth s inhabitants brace themselves for their encounter with Halley s… …
30Comet Holmes — 17P/Holmes Comet Holmes on November 4, 2007, showing the blue ion tail on the right, taken from Hungary Discovery Discovery date: November 6, 1892 Alternate designations: 1892 V1; 1892 III; 1892f; 1899 L1; 1899 II; 1899d; …
