259P/Garradd
id:
259p-garradd-189-5592138
title:
259P/Garradd
text:
259P/Garradd is a Jupiter-family comet and active asteroid with an orbital period of 4.5 years. It was discovered in images obtained on 2 September 2008 as part of the Siding Spring Survey by Gordon J. Garradd. The comet upon discovery had an apparent magnitude of 18.5 and a coma about 15 arcseconds across. The comet dimmed by 1.5 magnitudes until mid November 2008. The spectrum of the comet during that period indicated a lack of gaseous emission lines and the mass loss rate was estimated to be
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Periodic comet with 4.5 year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/259P/Garradd
date created:
2018-02-13T20:42:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T03:59:42Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3887884","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3887884"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Comet_259P_Garradd_-_Psjabe59df2_hr.jpg","width":1000,"height":503}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16