71P/Clark
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71P/Clark is a periodic comet in the Solar System with an orbital period of 5.5 years.
It was discovered by Michael Clark at Mount John University Observatory, New Zealand on 9 June 1973 with a brightness of apparent magnitude 13. Subsequently it has been observed in 1978, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2017.
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