12P/Pons–Brooks
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Comet Pons–Brooks is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 71 years. Comets with an orbital period of 20–200 years are referred to as Halley-type comets. It is one of the brightest known periodic
12P/Pons–Brooks photographed on 7 March 2024
Sketches of comet 12P/Pons–Brooks from 21–22 January 1884
12P/Pons–Brooks on 6 April 2024
Hyakutake Color
Marseille Observatory
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Marseille Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Marseille, France, with a history that goes back to the early 18th century. In its 1877 incarnation, it was the discovery site of a grou
12P/Pons–Brooks
…known periodic comets, reaching an absolute visual magnitude of about 5 in its approach to perihelion. Comet Pons–Brooks was conclusively discovered at Marseilles Observatory in July 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons, and on its next appearance in 1883 by William Robert Brooks. However it has been confirmed 12P/Pons–Brooks was observed…
Marseille Observatory use the GRAPE, a gravity simulation software to simulate planetary formation
Palais Longchamp in c. 1890-1900