C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
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Discovered | January 3, 2013 |
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Absolute magnitude | 8. 5 |
Discoverer | Robert H. McNaught |
Last perihelion | October 25, 2014 |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
Orbital eccentricity | 1. 00043 |
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ID | 2605749 |
About C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0. 5-meter Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. At the time of discovery it was 7. 2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus.