Details of comet
Orbital period: 76 years average, 74.42 years minimum, 79.25 years maximum (affected by planetary gravitational forces). Last seen: 1910.
Last aphelion: 1948 at 35.25 astronomical units or 5.1 billion kilometres away. Velocity, 0.91 km a second. Next perihelion: February 9, 1986. Velocity, 54.55 km a second.'
Next close approach to
Earth: April 11, 1986, at 63 million kilometres away. Nucleus: Estimated diameter of 6km. Irregularly shaped sphere rotating approximately every 2.2 days. Estimated mass, 100 billion tons.
Coma: Maximum visible extent to about 100,000 kilometres. Tails: Maximum length of 80 million kilometres. Next appearance: 2061.
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Press, 3 December 1985, Page 29
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98Details of comet Press, 3 December 1985, Page 29
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