88P/Howell
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88p-howell-277-5017522
title:
88P/Howell
text:
88P/Howell is a periodic comet with a 5.5 year orbital period. It was discovered on 29 August 1981, by Ellen Howell. In 1975 the comet's perihelion was 1.9 AU, but a close approach to Jupiter in 1978 perturbed the perihelion distance closer to the Sun. During the 2009 apparition the comet became as bright as apparent magnitude 8. It last came to perihelion on 6 April 2015; the next perihelion will be on 26 September 2020. On 14 September 2031 the comet will pass 0.074 AU from Mars. Between 2000–
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Periodic comet with 5 year orbit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88P/Howell
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-24T16:13:35Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/88P_2020-06-09_NEOWISE_image_3-color.png","width":746,"height":588}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15