HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Comet Brooks may refer to any one of 17 comets: * C/1885 R1 (a.k.a. 1885 III, 1885c) * C/1885 Y1 (a.k.a. 1885 V, 1885f) * C/1886 H1 (a.k.a. 1886 V, 1886a) * C/1886 J1 (a.k.a. 1886 III, 1886b) * D/1886 K1 (a.k.a. 1886 IV, 1886c) * C/1887 B2 (a.k.a. 1887 II, 1887b) * C/1888 P1 (a.k.a. 1888 III, 1888c) * C/1890 F1 (a.k.a. 1890 II, 1890a) * C/1892 Q1 (a.k.a. 1892 VI, 1892d) * C/1892 W1 (a.k.a. 1893 I, 1892g) * C/1893 U1 (a.k.a. 1893 IV, 1893c) * C/1895 W2 (a.k.a. 1895 III, 1895d) * C/1898 U1 (a.k.a. 1898 X, 1898i) * C/1902 G1 (a.k.a. 1902 I, 1902a) * C/1904 H1 (a.k.a. 1904 I, 1904a) * C/1906 B1 (a.k.a. 1905 VI, 1906a) *
C/1911 O1 C/1911 O1 (Brooks), also designated 1911 V or Comet Brooks, was a bright comet discovered in July 1911 by astronomer William Robert Brooks. It is notable for becoming a bright naked-eye object of second magnitude, with a narrow straight tail of u ...
(a.k.a. 1911 V, 1911c) There is also the ''periodic'' Comet Brooks: *
16P/Brooks 16P/Brooks, also known as Brooks 2, is a periodic comet discovered by William Robert Brooks on July 7, 1889, but failed to note any motion. He was able to confirm the discovery the next morning, having seen that the comet had moved north. On Aug ...
(a.k.a. Brooks 2, 16P/1889 N1, 1889 V, 1889d, 16P/1896 M1, 1896 VI, 1896c, 1903 V, 1903d, 1911 I, 1910d, 1925 IX, 1925g, 1932 VIII, 1932m, 1939 VII, 1939g, 1946 IV, 1946e, 1953 V, 1953b, 1960 VI, 1960h, 1974 I, 1973j, 1980 IX, 1980f, 1987 XXIV, 1987m, 1994 XXIII, 1994j) Comet Brooks may also be a partial reference to: *
Comet Borrelly-Brooks A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena a ...
, C/1900 O1 (a.k.a. 1900 II, 1900b) *
Comet Brooks-Swift A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena a ...
, C/1883 D1 (a.k.a. 1883 I, 1883a) *
12P/Pons-Brooks 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length  ...
(a.k.a. 12P/1812 O1, 12P/1883 R1, 1884 I, 1883b, 12P/1953 M1, 1954 VII, 1953c) {{disambig