13P/Olbers
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| Discoverer | Heinrich Olbers |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1815 |
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| Orbital period (P) | 72 to 77 a |
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| Last perihelion date | June 15, 1956 |
| Next est. perihelion date | June 30, 2024 |
13P/Olbers is a periodic comet in our solar system.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Bremen) discovered the comet on March 6, 1815. Its orbit was first computed by Carl Friedrich Gauss on March 31, Friedrich Bessel calculated an orbital period as 73 a, later as 73.9 a, calculations by other astronomers have resulted anywhere between 72 and 77 a.
The comet was last detected in 1956, it will be closest to the Earth on January 10, 2094.
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