14P/Wolf

id: 14p-wolf-173-6869981
title: 14P/Wolf
text: 14P/Wolf is a periodic comet in the Solar System. Max Wolf discovered the comet on September 17, 1884 (15 days) before it passed 0.8 AU from Earth. It was later rediscovered by, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland on September 23. Before approaching Jupiter in 1875, the comet had a perihelion of 2.74 AU and an orbital period of 8.84 years, and the approach dropped perihelion to 1.57 AU. An approach to Jupiter in September 1922 lifted perihelion to 2.43 AU. The current perihelion of 2.7 AU is fro
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Periodic comet with 8 year orbit
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14P/Wolf
date created: 2006-06-07T21:12:34Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T05:00:16Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Comet_Wolf_u65z3002r.fits.gz_sci.jpg","width":350,"height":350}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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