73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
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| Orbital period | 1,956 days |
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| Discovered | May 2, 1930 |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Alternative designations | 1930 VI; 1979 VIII; 1990 VIII; 1994w |
| Next perihelion | August 25, 2022 |
| Discoverers | Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann |
| Arno Arthur Wachmann | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2199021 |
About 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System that is in the process of disintegrating. Starting the 2011 perihelion passage the primary component 73P-C was recovered on 28 November 2010 near apparent magnitude 21. 3; it came to perihelion on 16 October 2011.
