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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…

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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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;…

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SN 2019EIN in NGC 5353

Only managed to squeeze out 30x30s frames because of the low altitude. The honeycomb structure on the picture is frost…

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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…

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46P/Wirtanen (P/1948 A1)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Carl A. Wirtanen Discovery date January 17, 1948 Alternativedesignations 1961 IV; 1960m;1967 XIV; 1967k;1974 XI; 1974i;1986…

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64P/Swift–Gehrels (P/1889 W1)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by Lewis A. SwiftTom Gehrels Discovery date 17 November 18898 February 1973 Alternativedesignations Swift 1 Orbital characteristics A…

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21P/Giacobini-Zinner (P/1900 Y1)

Wikipedia:   Discovery Discovered by Michel Giacobini, Ernst Zinner Discovery date December 20, 1900 Alternativedesignations 1900 III; P/1900 Y1; 1913 V;P/1913…

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NEO 1998 OR2

Earthgrazer 1998 OR2 made a close approach.  16/04/2020:     

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C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)

Wikipedia: Discovery Discovered by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae Discovery date July 19th 2017 Alternativedesignations C/2017 O1 Orbital characteristics […