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329:"Got binoculars? Spot a comet near Saturn tonight"
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1976:C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet of 1843)
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195:from the original on 26 February 2009
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616:List of comets visited by spacecraft
2061:C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)
3040:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
170:"Encyclopedia of science:antitail"
113:in 1997, C/1999 H1 (Lee) in 1999,
85:. The antitail consists of larger
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2201:C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch–Rabinowitz)
1981:C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet)
243:Naugles, John E. (7 March 1974).
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2021:C/1882 R1 (Great Comet of 1882)
1996:C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861)
1971:C/1823 Y1 (Great Comet of 1823)
1966:C/1819 N1 (Great Comet of 1819)
1961:C/1811 F1 (Great Comet of 1811)
1956:C/1807 R1 (Great Comet of 1807)
1951:C/1769 P1 (Great Comet of 1769)
1946:C/1760 A1 (Great Comet of 1760)
1915:C/1577 V1 (Great Comet of 1577)
1910:C/1471 Y1 (Great Comet of 1472)
1905:C/1402 D1 (Great Comet of 1402)
1900:C/1264 N1 (Great Comet of 1264)
1895:X/1106 C1 (Great Comet of 1106)
558:Observational history of comets
327:Emily Lakdawalla (2009-02-23).
2180:C/1989 Y1 (Skorichenko–George)
2170:C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)
1577:P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)
61:which seems to go towards the
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647:C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
2206:C/1993 Y1 (McNaught–Russell)
2128:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)
1728:D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy 9)
1637:57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte
1129:57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte
183:Rao, Joe (6 February 2009).
1697:226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski
1069:45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková
1049:41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák
580:Extraterrestrial atmosphere
213:Tosar, Borja; Paolo Candy.
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2066:C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)
2006:X/1872 X1 (Pogson's Comet)
1991:C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher)
611:List of missions to comets
298:Harry Baker (2023-01-27).
142:at the main Comet article.
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2371:C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
2316:C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
2016:C/1881 K1 (Comet Tebbutt)
1931:C/1702 H1 (Comet of 1702)
1890:C/-43 K1 (Caesar's Comet)
1856:67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
1224:76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura
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2011:C/1874 H1 (Comet Coggia)
1986:C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati)
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999:31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
989:29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
662:C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)
2551:de Kock–Paraskevopoulos
2406:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)
1607:11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR
899:11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR
747:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)
590:Small Solar System body
255:(3). Washington DC: 401
2386:C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)
2381:C/2013 US10 (Catalina)
2226:C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse)
2123:C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki)
2103:C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)
1702:271P/van Houten–Lemmon
1662:107P/Wilson–Harrington
1657:97P/Metcalf–Brewington
1627:54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT
1503:4015 Wilson–Harrington
1347:147P/Kushida–Muramatsu
1312:107P/Wilson–Harrington
1302:97P/Metcalf–Brewington
1114:54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT
168:David Darling (2016).
81:that is seen from the
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2466:C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
2416:C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
2396:C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
2361:C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
2341:C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
2286:C/2006 A1 (Pojmański)
2276:C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
2256:C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)
2221:C/1997 L1 (Zhu–Balam)
2216:C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)
2211:C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp)
2046:C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)
1692:206P/Barnard–Boattini
1214:74P/Smirnova–Chernykh
1124:56P/Slaughter–Burnham
1019:35P/Herschel–Rigollet
766:C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
727:C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
657:C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)
632:C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
215:"What is an antitail"
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2421:1I/2017 U1 ʻOumuamua
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2321:C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
2296:C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
2281:C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
2236:C/1999 F1 (Catalina)
2150:C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)
1820:26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
1808:21P/Giacobini–Zinner
1647:72P/Denning–Fujikawa
1204:72P/Denning–Fujikawa
1104:52P/Harrington–Abell
1079:47P/Ashbrook–Jackson
974:26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
949:21P/Giacobini–Zinner
2953:White–Ortiz–Bolelli
2456:C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2446:C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
2426:C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
2411:C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
2401:C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
2391:C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
2376:C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
2346:C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
2326:C/2009 F6 (Yi–SWAN)
2301:C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
2246:C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
2140:C/1969 Y1 (Bennett)
2113:C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)
2098:C/1961 R1 (Humason)
2071:C/1948 V1 (Eclipse)
1582:(300163) 2006 VW139
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1357:156P/Russell–LINEAR
1239:79P/du Toit–Hartley
1149:61P/Shajn–Schaldach
1134:58P/Jackson–Neujmin
1059:43P/Wolf–Harrington
959:23P/Brorsen–Metcalf
761:C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
737:C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
732:C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
712:C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
682:C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
667:C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
277:Kammerer, Andreas.
2889:Skorichenko–George
2484:Aarseth-Brewington
2436:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
2356:C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
2336:C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
2306:C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)
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2251:C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)
2241:C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
2175:C/1989 X1 (Austin)
2160:C/1980 E1 (Bowell)
2041:C/1911 O1 (Brooks)
1744:D/1770 L1 (Lexell)
1652:80P/Peters–Hartley
1367:162P/Siding Spring
1244:80P/Peters–Hartley
1109:53P/Van Biesbroeck
1034:38P/Stephan–Oterma
742:C/2015 G2 (MASTER)
717:C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)
707:P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)
697:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
677:C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
637:C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)
103:Comet Arend–Roland
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2081:C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)
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1362:161P/Hartley–IRAS
1322:109P/Swift–Tuttle
1164:64P/Swift–Gehrels
1119:55P/Tempel–Tuttle
934:18D/Perrine–Mrkos
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789:Comets in fiction
692:C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)
687:C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
642:C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)
568:Comet discoverers
140:The coma and tail
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2291:C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
2271:C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
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3092:Comet stubs
2961: [
2939: [
2835:C/2015 ER61
2544:C/2013 US10
2131: [
2089: [
1784:85D/Boethin
1779:83D/Russell
1764:25D/Neujmin
1567:354P/LINEAR
1525:167P/CINEOS
1515:165P/LINEAR
1497:2060 Chiron
1492:596 Scheila
1462:354P/LINEAR
1457:333P/LINEAR
1417:252P/LINEAR
1412:249P/LINEAR
1397:209P/LINEAR
1292:92P/Sanguin
1269:85D/Boethin
1259:83D/Russell
1254:82P/Gehrels
1234:78P/Gehrels
1184:68P/Klemola
1174:66P/du Toit
1084:48P/Johnson
1054:42P/Neujmin
1044:40P/Väisälä
1024:36P/Whipple
984:28P/Neujmin
969:25D/Neujmin
874:6P/d'Arrest
777:speculation
775:Culture and
604:Exploration
512:Great Comet
468:Halley-type
463:Long period
115:Comet Lulin
35:Comet Lulin
3081:Categories
2909:Stonehouse
2862:Seki–Lines
2810:Pan-STARRS
2800:Oukaimeden
2675:C/2000 WM1
2598:Ikeya-Seki
2475:After 1910
2431:2I/Borisov
2189:After 1990
1883:Until 1990
1800:spacecraft
1798:Visited by
1749:5D/Brorsen
1642:69P/Taylor
1617:17P/Holmes
1612:15P/Finlay
1562:331P/Gibbs
1482:Comet-like
1287:88P/Howell
1278:After 1985
1264:84P/Giclas
1194:70P/Kojima
1189:69P/Taylor
1039:39P/Oterma
1029:37P/Forbes
1009:33P/Daniel
929:17P/Holmes
924:16P/Brooks
919:15P/Finlay
909:13P/Olbers
894:10P/Tempel
869:5D/Brorsen
840:Until 1985
702:2I/Borisov
585:Oort cloud
517:Sungrazing
500:Hyperbolic
478:Encke-type
410:Comet dust
309:2023-01-28
284:2023-11-24
259:2021-11-10
229:2009-02-25
199:2009-02-25
135:Comet tail
2975:Zhu–Balam
2929:C/2020 F8
2924:C/2012 E2
2919:C/2006 M4
2877:C/2013 A1
2872:C/2007 Q3
2852:Pojmański
2840:C/2017 K2
2830:C/2014 Q1
2820:C/2012 K1
2815:C/2011 L4
2805:ʻOumuamua
2795:Nishimura
2783:C/2002 V1
2778:C/2001 Q4
2756:C/2009 R1
2751:C/2006 P1
2729:C/2014 Q2
2724:C/2013 R1
2719:C/2011 W3
2714:C/2007 E2
2702:C/2007 F1
2685:C/2002 T7
2680:C/2001 A2
2670:C/1999 S4
2648:C/2019 U6
2643:C/2018 C2
2638:C/2012 F6
2591:C/1964 N1
2586:C/1963 A1
2576:Hyakutake
2566:Hale-Bopp
2539:C/1999 F1
2524:Bradfield
2499:Beljawsky
2477:(by name)
1920:C/1652 Y1
1875:(notable)
1844:C/2006 P1
1838:9P/Tempel
1814:1P/Halley
1737:Not found
1716:Destroyed
1600:Recovered
1542:238P/Read
1520:166P/NEAT
1484:asteroids
1447:323P/SOHO
1442:322P/SOHO
1422:255P/Levy
1407:246P/NEAT
1402:238P/Read
1377:169P/NEAT
1332:126P/IRAS
1280:(notable)
1199:71P/Clark
1094:50P/Arend
954:22P/Kopff
889:9P/Tempel
884:8P/Tuttle
849:1P/Halley
752:C/2014 UN
722:C/2017 U7
483:Main-belt
304:Space.com
189:SPACE.com
125:in 2023.
117:in 2009,
109:in 1973,
105:in 1957,
75:dust tail
3010:Category
2899:Southern
2746:McNaught
2741:Machholz
2628:Kohoutek
2534:Catalina
2509:Boattini
1832:81P/Wild
1769:34D/Gale
1723:3D/Biela
1249:81P/Wild
1169:65P/Gunn
1159:63P/Wild
1014:34D/Gale
914:14P/Wolf
859:3D/Biela
854:2P/Encke
830:Periodic
595:Asteroid
532:Exocomet
453:Numbered
448:Periodic
405:Antitail
383:Features
265:studies.
223:Archived
193:Archived
129:See also
73:and the
71:ion tail
51:antitail
18:Antitail
2970:Yi–SWAN
2847:Pereyra
2790:NEOWISE
2709:Lovejoy
2655:Leonard
2623:Johnson
2618:Jacques
2613:Iwamoto
2571:Humason
2556:Eclipse
2514:Borisov
2504:Bennett
864:4P/Faye
563:Centaur
546:Related
527:Extinct
390:Nucleus
3087:Comets
2692:LONEOS
2665:LINEAR
2633:Lemmon
2561:Elenin
2529:Brooks
2519:Bowell
2494:Austin
1873:comets
1858:(2014)
1852:(2010)
1846:(2007)
1834:(2004)
1828:(2001)
1822:(1992)
1816:(1986)
1810:(1985)
1538:(176P)
1532:(174P)
1511:(133P)
1505:(107P)
832:comets
625:Latest
573:LINEAR
521:Kreutz
372:Comets
69:: the
2965:]
2943:]
2857:Ryves
2768:Mrkos
2736:Lulin
2581:Ikeya
2135:]
2093:]
1499:(95P)
842:(all)
440:Types
400:Tails
152:Notes
83:Earth
67:tails
55:comet
3038:stub
2948:West
2914:SWAN
2894:SOHO
2773:NEAT
2660:Levy
2608:ISON
1592:Lost
1467:362P
817:more
458:Lost
395:Coma
59:coma
2980:ZTF
754:271
63:Sun
57:'s
49:An
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2963:de
2941:de
2133:de
2091:de
302:.
262:.
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251:.
221:.
217:.
191:.
187:.
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