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4015 Wilson–Harrington
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4015 Wilson–Harrington is an active asteroid known both as comet 107P/Wilson–Harrington and as asteroid 4015 Wilson–Harrington. It passed 0.4 AU from Earth on 20 July 2022 and then passed perihelion o
4015 Wilson–Harrington at 19 November 1949, from the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar. The image was enhanced by ESO to show the tail.
4015 Wilson–Harrington at 19 November 1949, from the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar. The image was enhanced by ESO to show the tail.
Hyakutake Color
Hyakutake Color
7968 Elst–Pizarro
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Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets, and is the prototype of active asteroids. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt, yet it displayed a dust
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…potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA). There are only eight other objects that are cross-listed as both comets and asteroids: 2060 Chiron (95P/Chiron), 7968 Elst–Pizarro (133P/Elst–Pizarro), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR), (323137) 2003 BM80 (282P/2003 BM80), (300163) 2006 VW139 (288P/2006…
7968 Elst–Pizarro imaged at La Silla Observatory in August 1996. The narrow tail is visible.
7968 Elst–Pizarro imaged at La Silla Observatory in August 1996. The narrow tail is visible.