29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann photograph

29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

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Orbital period15 years
DiscoveredNovember 15, 1927
Last perihelionMarch 7, 2019
Next perihelionOctober 31, 2033
Discovery site Hamburg Observatory
Discoverers Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Arno Arthur Wachmann
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Date of Upd.
ID2198997
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About 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann


Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 1, was discovered on November 15, 1927, by Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann at the Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf, Germany. It was discovered photographically, when the comet was in outburst and the magnitude was about 13.

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