71P/Clark

id: 71p-clark-239-14187103
title: 71P/Clark
text: 71P/Clark is a periodic comet in the Solar System with an orbital period of 5.5 years. It was discovered by Michael Clark at Mount John University Observatory, New Zealand on 9 June 1973 with a brightness of apparent magnitude 13. Subsequently it has been observed in 1978, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2017. The nucleus of the comet has a radius of 0.68 ± 0.04 kilometers, assuming a geometric albedo of 0.04, based on observations by Hubble Space Telescope, while observations by Keck ind
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description: Periodic comet with 5 year orbit
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71P/Clark
date created:
date modified: 2023-12-27T17:17:47Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/71P_2017-09-09_NEOWISE_image_3-color.png","width":831,"height":654}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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