Comet Arend-Roland (C/1956 R1)

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Oct 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5230. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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A long-period comet discovered jointly by Sylvain Arend and Georges Roland in November 1956. It reached perihelion (0.32 AU) on 8 April 1957, and passed closest to Earth (0.57 AU) on 21 April. The comet attained a peak brightness of magnitude 0, and developed a dust tail that was 30° long at its greatest extent, but it was most notable for its antitail, which at best was half the length of the ma...

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