259P/Garradd

Comets

259P/Garradd is an Encke-type comet and active asteroid with an orbital period of 4.5 years. It was discovered by Gordon J. Garradd in images obtained on 2 September 2008 during the Siding Spring Survey.

Classification: Encke-type comet and active asteroid
Orbital period: 4.5 years
Discovery: 2 September 2008, by Gordon J. Garradd

Sources and credits

Article: 259P/Garradd (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q3887884
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Henry H. Hsieh, Masateru Ishiguro, Matthew M. Knight, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo. CC BY 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Henry H. Hsieh, Masateru Ishiguro, Matthew M. Knight, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abe59d/meta
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