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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
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.
Hyakutake Color
Hyakutake Color
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
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…million years) impact crater. At present, there are eight other objects that are cross-listed as both comets and asteroids: 2060 Chiron (95P/Chiron), 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P/Wilson–Harrington), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR), (323137) 2003 BM80 (282P/2003 BM80), (300163) 2006 VW139 (288P/2006…
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.