October 22, 1969

In 1969, astronomers found the short-period comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko takes its name from its discoverers, Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko, and was found at the Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory. It is a contact binary about 3.4 kilometers across. It takes about 2,353 days to go once around the Sun.

Sources for this text: Wikidata, Q844672, Wikidata, Q12170857, Wikidata, Q12095007, Wikidata, Q2431089, Wikidata, Q525

Source: Wikidata, Q844672

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