21P/Giacobini–Zinner
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21p-giacobini-zinner-190-17061465
title:
21P/Giacobini–Zinner
text:
Comet Giacobini–Zinner is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was discovered by Michel Giacobini, who observed it in the constellation of Aquarius on December 20, 1900. It was recovered two orbits later by Ernst Zinner, while he was observing variable stars near Beta Scuti on October 23, 1913. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.0 kilometers in diameter. During its apparitions, Giacobini–Zinner can reach about the 7-8th magnitude, but in 1946 it underwent a series of outbursts that made
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Periodic comet with 6 year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-24T16:10:10Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg","width":4764,"height":3352}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15