Comet Mrkos may refer to any one of these comets discovered by
Antonín Mrkos
Antonín Mrkos () (27 January 1918 – 29 May 1996) was a Czech astronomer.
Biography
Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalna ...
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C/1947 Y1
This is a list of parabolic and hyperbolic comets in the Solar System. Many of these comets may come from the Oort cloud, or perhaps even have interstellar origin. The Oort Cloud is not gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form into a ...
(a.k.a. 1948 II, 1948a)
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C/1952 H1 (a.k.a. 1952 V, 1952c)
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C/1952 W1 (a.k.a. 1953 II, 1952f)
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C/1955 L1
Comet Mrkos, formally designated as C/1955 L1, is a long-period comet with an approximately 350-year orbit around the Sun. It is one of several comets discovered by Czech astronomer, Antonín Mrkos
Antonín Mrkos () (27 January 1918 – 2 ...
(a.k.a. 1955 III, 1955e)
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C/1956 E1 (a.k.a. 1956 III, 1956b)
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C/1957 P1
Comet Mrkos, formally known as C/1957 P1 (old style ''1957d''), was a non-periodic comet discovered in 1957 by Antonín Mrkos. It was one of two bright comets that had their perihelion in 1957, the other being Comet Arend–Roland. Its peak mag ...
(a.k.a. 1957 V, 1957d)
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C/1959 X1 (a.k.a. 1959 IX, 1959j)
There is also the ''periodic'' Comet Mrkos:
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124P/Mrkos
This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two occasions. Their orbital periods vary from 3.2 to 366 years. there are 499 numbered comets (1P–499P). There are 405 Jup ...
(a.k.a. 124P/1991 F1, 1991 IV, 1991k, 124P/1995 S3)
Comet Mrkos may also be a partial reference to:
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45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková (a.k.a. 45P/1948 X1, 1948 XII, 1948n, 45P/1954 C1, 1954 III, 1954a, 1964 VII, 1964d, 1969 V, 1969e, 1974 XVI, 1974f, 1980 I, 1980c, 1985 III, 1985c, 1990 XIV, 1990f)
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143P/Kowal-Mrkos (a.k.a. 143P/1984 H1, 1984 X, 1984n, 143P/1984 JD, 1984 X, 1984n, 143P/2000 ET90)
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Comet Mrkos-Honda
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. This produces an extended, gravitationally unbound atmosphere or Coma (cometary), coma surrounding ...
, C/1953 G1 (a.k.a. 1953 III, 1953a)
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Comet Pajdušáková-Mrkos, C/1948 E1 (a.k.a. 1948 V, 1948d)
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18D/Perrine-Mrkos, (a.k.a. 18D/1896 X1, 1896 VII, 1896g, 18D/1909 P1, 1909 III, 1909b, 18D/1955 U1, 1955 VII, 1955i, 1962 I, 1961h, 1968 VIII, 1968h)
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