A comet that orbits less than 200 years.
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(from the article `comet`) The periodic comets are usually divided into short-period comets (those with periods of less than 200 years) and long-period comets (those with ... ...brighter by light scattering in the dust. In 1986 the albedo of Comet Halley`s nucleus was found to be very low ( = 2 to 4 percent). If this value ... ...are...
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A comet with a period of less than 200 years. Short-period comets are now subdivided into Jupiter-type comets, such as comets Encke and Tempel 2, which have periods of less than 20 years; and intermediate-period or Halley-type comets, with periods between 20 and 200 years. Jupiter-type comets are be...
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