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161P/Hartley–IRAS

Periodic comet with 21 year orbit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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161P/Hartley–IRAS is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 21 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years).[6]

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This was one of six comets discovered by the infrared space telescope IRAS, in 1983.[7][8]

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