Comet SWAN

Comet SWAN may refer to:[1]

Other comets co-discovered by the SWAN instrument:

Comet SWAN may also refer to periodic comet 273P/Pons-Gambart which was recovered in SWAN data in November 2012. It was temporarly thought to be a new discovery until orbital calculations revealed it to be linked to the lost comet D/1827 M1 (Pons-Gambart).

References

  1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: SWAN". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
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