73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
id:
73p-schwassmann-wachmann-173-16386933
title:
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
text:
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 3 or SW3 for short, is a periodic comet that has a 5.4 year orbital period and that has been actively disintegrating since 1995. When it came to perihelion in March 2017, fragment 73P-BT was separating from the main fragment 73P-C. Fragments 73P-BU and 73P-BV were detected in July 2022. The main comet came to perihelion on 25 August 2022, when the comet was 0.97 AU from the Sun and 1 AU from Earth. It will be less than 80 degrees from
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Multiple fragment periodic comet with 5-year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann
date created:
2006-01-30T23:28:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T13:22:26Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/06-0419_sw3_fal_martinez_vcastro.com_IMG_9799.JPG","width":697,"height":495}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16