C/1941 B2 (de Kock–Paraskevopoulos)
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c-1941-b2-de-kock-paraskevopoulos-267-1277669
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C/1941 B2 (de Kock–Paraskevopoulos)
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Comet de Kock–Paraskevopoulos is a non-periodic comet discovered on 15 January 1941. The comet reached an apparent magnitude of about +2. The comet was first observed by Reginald Purdon de Kock in Paarl, South Africa while he was observing variable star R Lupi on 15 January 1941 and notified the Royal Observatory. He estimated the comet had a magnitude of 5.8 and its tail was half a degree long. The comet was independently discovered by Frank Skjellerup in Melbourne on 20 January and confirmed t
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1941_B2_(de_Kock%E2%80%93Paraskevopoulos)
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2024-04-16T08:10:28Z
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