11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (P/1869 W1)
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11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (P/1869 W1)

Discovery   Discovered by Ernst Tempel,Lewis Swift &LINEAR Discovery date November 27, 1869 Alternativedesignations 1869 W1; 1869 III;1869c; 1880 T1;1880 IV;…

C/2019 U6 (LEMMON)
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C/2019 U6 (LEMMON)

Orbital characteristics   Discovered by Mount Lemmon Survey Discovery date October 31, 2019 Aphelion 960 AU (inbound)604 AU (outbound) Perihelion 0.91427 AU…

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by NEOWISE Discovery date March 27, 2020[1] Orbital characteristics A Orbital period ~4400 yrs (inbound)[2]~6700 yrs (outbound) Dimensions…

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) – Disintegrated
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C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) – Disintegrated

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) Discovery date December 28, 2019 Alternative designations C/2019 Y4-A; C/2019…

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
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C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Discovery date March 25, 2020[1] Alternativedesignations SWAN01 Orbital characteristics A Orbital period…

C/2019 N1 (ATLAS)
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C/2019 N1 (ATLAS)

Discovered by: ATLAS Discovery date: July 5, 2019 Perihelion: December 01, 2020 Orbital period: N/A   This comet should reach…

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
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C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Discovery Discovered by Masayuki Iwamoto  Discovery date  December 18, 2018 Orbital characteristics A Orbital period  N/A Last perihelion February 7, 2019…

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)
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C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)

Discovery Discovered by  ASASSN Discovery date July 7, 2018 Orbital characteristics A Orbital period  N/A Last perihelion 4 May 2020[2] 30/12/2019…

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)
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C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

 Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Pan-STARRS Discovery date 2 October 2017 Orbital characteristics A Orbital period ~7 million years (inbound)[1]~58000 years (outbound)…

123/P West-Hartley (P/1989 E3)
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123/P West-Hartley (P/1989 E3)

Wikipedia: Discovery Découvreurs Richard M. West et Malcolm Hartley Date 11 mai 1989 Désignations 123P/1995 S2, 123P/1989 E3, 1988 XVI, 1989k Orbital Elements Orbital…

114/P Wiseman-Skiff (P/1986 Y1)
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114/P Wiseman-Skiff (P/1986 Y1)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Jennifer WisemanBrian A. Skiff Discovery date December 28, 1986 Alternativedesignations 1986 Y1; 1987b; 1993 IX; 1993u;…

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)
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C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Discovery Discovered by  pan-STARRS Discovery date  23 sept 2017 Imaged this comet on july18, 2018. Unfortunately I never got a…