66P/du Toit
id:
66p-du-toit-245-8660109
title:
66P/du Toit
text:
66P/du Toit is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 14.78 years. It came to perihelion on 2018 May 19 at roughly apparent magnitude 12. It was discovered by Daniel du Toit at the Boyden Observatory, South Africa on 16 May 1944, who estimated its brightness at magnitude 10. Other observers estimated magnitude 11 and 12.5. Its next return date was calculated to have a perihelion date of 10 April 1959 but it was not discovered. The 1974 return was found almost accid
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Periodic comet with 15 year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66P/du_Toit
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-24T16:18:54Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/66P_2018-06-20_NEOWISE_image_3-color.png","width":746,"height":588}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15