Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, is a long-period comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista...
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including the spectacular Comet Donati (C/1858 L1), found in 1858. An investigation of the great aurora of 4 February 1872 led Donati to refer such phenomena...
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Comet Donati, formally designated as C/1858 L1, is a great comet that appeared in 1858. Comet Donati may also refer to: C/1855 L1 (Donati), a long-period...
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currently much farther from the Sun. Comet Donati (C/1858 L1) is over 145 AU (22 billion km), and Caesar's Comet (C/-43 K1) is calculated to be more than 800 AU...
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from the Sun. For example, Caesar's Comet (C/-43 K1) is over 800 AU from the Sun while Comet Donati (C/1858 L1) is over 145 AU from the Sun as of 2021[update]...
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List of near-parabolic comets (redirect from C/2015 F3 (SWAN))
JPL C/1857 Q1 Klinkerfues 2460 0.996913 182.3447 0.562898 123.9614 1857/10/01 MPC · JPL C/1858 L1 Donati 1950 0.996295 156.132 0.578469 116.9512 1858/09/30...
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Comet NEOWISE (redirect from C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE))
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE...
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List of hyperbolic comets (redirect from C/1760 B1 (Messier))
interstellar after close planetary flybys like in the cases of C/1980 E1 (Bowell) and C/2024 L5 (ATLAS). List of comets by type List of periodic comets...
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Comet C/2012 E2 (SWAN) was a Kreutz group sungrazing comet discovered by Vladimir Bezugly in publicly available images taken by the SWAN instrument (Solar...
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1556, 1264 and 975, and its alleged identity. Donati's comet (now officially designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI), the second most brilliant comet of the 19th...
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discoverer of six comets, among them the spectacular naked-eye comet C/1858 L1. JPL · 16682 16683 Alepieri 1994 JY Alessandro Pieri (1969–2000) was an...
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C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet) C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati) C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher) C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861) C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of...
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