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Comet Hartley (other)
Comet Hartley is the name of: * 100P/Hartley or Hartley 1 * 103P/Hartley Comet Hartley 2, designated as 103P/Hartley by the Minor Planet Center, is a small periodic comet with an orbital period of 6.46 years. It was discovered by Malcolm Hartley in 1986 at the Schmidt Telescope Unit, Siding Spring Observatory, Au ... or Hartley 2 * or Hartley 3 See also * Hartley (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100P/Hartley
100P/Hartley, also known as Hartley 1, is a periodic, Jupiter family comet in the Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar S .... On 29 April 2164 the comet will pass from Earth. References External links 100P/Hartley 1– Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net * Periodic comets 0100 Discoveries by Malcolm Hartley Comets in 2016 19850613 {{comet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
103P/Hartley
Comet Hartley 2, designated as 103P/Hartley by the Minor Planet Center, is a small periodic comet with an orbital period of 6.46 years. It was discovered by Malcolm Hartley in 1986 at the Schmidt Telescope Unit, Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. Its diameter is estimated to be . Hartley 2 was the target of a flyby of the Deep Impact spacecraft, as part of the EPOXI mission, on 4 November 2010, which was able to approach within of Hartley 2 as part of its extended mission. Hartley 2 is the smallest comet which has been visited. It is the fifth comet visited by spacecraft, and the second comet visited by the Deep Impact spacecraft, which first visited comet Tempel 1 on 4 July 2005. Discovery and orbit Comet Hartley 2 is a small Jupiter-family comet having an orbital period of 6.46 years. It was discovered by Malcolm Hartley in 1986 at the Schmidt Telescope Unit, Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. It has the perihelion near the Earth's orbit at 1.05 AU from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
