52P/Harrington–Abell

52P/Harrington–Abell is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

Key facts

Comet.name: 52P/Harrington–Abell
Comet.image: Comet 52P Harrington-Abell 2MASS.jpg
Comet.caption: Comet Harrington–Abell photographed by the 2MASS survey in 1998
Comet.discoverer: Robert G. HarringtonGeorge O. Abell
Comet.discovery_site: Palomar Observatory
Comet.discovery_date: 22 March 1955
Comet.mpc_name: P/1955 F1P/1962 B1
Comet.designations: 1954 XIII; 1962 II; 1969 III; 1976 VIII; 1983 XVII; 1991 X
Comet.epoch: 6 March 2006
Comet.semimajor: 3.844 AU
Comet.perihelion: 1.757 AU
Comet.aphelion: 5.932 AU

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52P/Harrington–Abell is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

It was discovered by Robert G. Harrington and George O. Abell in 1955 on plates from the Palomar Sky Survey taken with the 49-inch Samuel Oschin telescope.