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52P/Harrington-Abell

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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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Comet.eccentricity

0.5429

Comet.period

7.538 years

Comet.inclination

10.2204°

Comet.M1

11.8

Comet.M2

15.5

Comet.magnitude

17–22(typical brightness)10.9–11.8(1998 apparition)

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Diameter: 2.6
Orbital period: 2769.160294246187
Image: Comet 52P Harrington-Abell 2MASS.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1955-03-22
provisional designation: 1954 XIII
absolute magnitude: 11.8
orbital eccentricity: 0.540048863643431
semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.859222154814254
periapsis: 1.775053615559263
apoapsis: 5.943390694069245
orbital inclination: 10.23176237340895
longitude of ascending node: 336.8356805332962
argument of periapsis: 139.6607051308085
mean anomaly: 111.1064688719497
time of periapsis: 2456723.856605461

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