C/1999 S4
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Discovered | September 27, 1999 |
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Perihelion | 114. 4559338 billion m |
Inclination | 149. 38° |
Discoverer | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research |
Last perihelion | July 26, 2000 |
Orbital eccentricity | 1. 00010 |
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ID | 2956961 |
About C/1999 S4
C/1999 S4 is a long-period comet discovered on September 27, 1999, by LINEAR. The comet made its closest approach to the Earth on July 22, 2000, at a distance of 0. 3724 AU. It came to perihelion on July 26, 2000, at a distance of 0. 765 AU from the Sun. The comet nucleus was estimated to be about 0. 9 km in diameter.