41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
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41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is a periodic comet in our solar system.
Discovered by Horace Parnell Tuttle on May 3, 1858, and re-discovered independently by Michel Giacobini and Ľubor Kresák in 1907 and 1951 respectively, 41P is a member of the Jupiter family of comets.
2006 Apparition
As of June 1, Comet 41P was a 10th magnitude object for telescopes, located on the Gemini-Leo border, with a predicted maximum of about 10 at perihelion June 11. This comet is of interest as it has been noted to flare dramatically. In 1973 the flare was 10 magnitudes brighter than predicted, reaching easy naked-eye visibility. 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak [link].However, by June 22, the comet had diminished to about magnitude 11, having produced no flare of note.
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