C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
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c-2007-q3-siding-spring-241-10274117
title:
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
text:
C/2007 Q3, is an Oort cloud comet that was discovered by Donna Burton in 2007 at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. Siding Spring came within 1.2 astronomical units of Earth and 2.25 AU of the Sun on October 7, 2009. The comet was visible with binoculars until January 2010. Images of the comet taken in March 2010 by N.Howes using the Faulkes telescope, showed that the nucleus had fragmented. The comet has an observation arc of 1,327 days and was still being observed as of A
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Oort cloud comet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2007_Q3_(Siding_Spring)
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-26T15:12:22Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Comet_Siding_Spring.jpg","width":1219,"height":1251}
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13
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15