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36P/Whipple

Comet
36P/Whipple is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the lowest numbered Quasi-Hilda comet. It passed 0.25 AU from Jupiter in June 1922. The comet nucleus is estimated to be 4.5 kilometers in diameter. Wikipedia
Orbital period: 3,064 days
Discovered: October 15, 1933
Orbits: Sun
Last perihelion: May 31, 2020; December 30, 2011; July 6, 2003
Next perihelion: 2028-Nov-04
Semi-major axis: 4.165 AU