C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
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c-2013-a1-siding-spring-170-11666693
title:
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
text:
C/2013 A1 is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0.5-meter (20 in) Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. At the time of discovery it was 7.2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus. Comet C/2013 A1 probably took millions of years to come from the Oort cloud. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, the post-perihelion orbital period is estimated to be roughly 1 million years. C/2013 A1 passed th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Oort cloud comet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)
date created:
2013-02-01T18:25:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:57:05Z
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13
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