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67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet. It is originally from the Kuiper belt and has an orbital period of 6.45 years as of 2012, a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours, and a maximum velocity of . Churyumov–Gerasimenko is approximately at its longest and widest dimensions. It was first observed on photographic plates in 1969 by Soviet astronomers Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, after whom it is named. It most recently came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 2 November 2021, and will next come to perihe
486958 Arrokoth
classical trans-Neptunian object
Q147891
main-belt asteroid
624 Hektor
Jupiter trojan
Q147273
asteroid
Q152076
asteroid
4450 Pan
asteroid
4769 Castalia
asteroid
Q138300
asteroid
4486 Mithra
asteroid
8P/Tuttle
8P/Tuttle (also known as '''Tuttle's Comet or Comet Tuttle''') is a periodic comet with a 13.6-year orbit. It fits the classical definition of a Jupiter-family comet with an orbital period of less than 20 years, but does not fit the modern definition of (2 Jupiter< 3). Its last perihelion passage was 27 August 2021 when it had a solar elongation of 26 degrees at approximately apparent magnitude 9. Two weeks later, on September 12, 2021, it was about from Earth which is about as far from Earth as the comet can get when the comet is near perihelion.
148780 Altjira
trans-Neptunian object
2007 TU24
asteroid
11066 Sigurd
asteroid
152830 Dinkinesh
main belt asteroid target of the Lucy mission
(8567) 1996 HW1
asteroid
contact binary
small Solar System body that is composed of two bodies
385446 Manwë
asteroid
(231937) 2001 FO32
asteroid
2014 JO25
Near-Earth asteroid
2003 SQ317
Haumea family
(139775) 2001 QG298
trans-Neptunian object
2014 HQ124
asteroid
(192642) 1999 RD32
asteroid
(85989) 1999 JD6
asteroid
(179806) 2002 TD66
near-Earth asteroid
(388188) 2006 DP14
asteroid
(85990) 1999 JV6
asteroid
(153201) 2000 WO107
Aten asteroid
2002 NY40
asteroid