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mfb- t1_j83f55b wrote

Reply to comment by beef-o-lipso in Are there lots of comets coming by? by Mindless_Fill_3473

Something visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions is common. C/2022 E3 (ZTF), C/2021 A1 (Leonard), NEOWISE in 2020, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - around one per year based on this small data sample. NEOWISE reached magnitude 1, making it visible even with pretty bad viewing conditions.

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beef-o-lipso t1_j83t7tv wrote

Thanks for the info. As I was replying I got to thinking there must be a DB that has the info like number of comets, periods, magnitudes, etc.

Be interesting to take a peek.

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