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    comet it is formally designated 133P/ElstPizarro. As an asteroid it is designated 7968 ElstPizarro. ElstPizarro was reported in 1979 as minor planet...
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  • discoveries include 4486 Mithra, a near-Earth and Apollo asteroid, 7968 Elst-Pizarro, which is classified as both asteroid and comet, and more than 25...
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    discovered is 7968 ElstPizarro. It was discovered (as an asteroid) in 1979 but then was found to have a tail by Eric Elst and Guido Pizarro in 1996 and...
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    as both comets and asteroids: 2060 Chiron (95P/Chiron), 7968 ElstPizarro (133P/ElstPizarro), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR)...
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  • (95P/Chiron), 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P/Wilson–Harrington), 7968 ElstPizarro (133P/ElstPizarro), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), (323137) 2003 BM80 (282P/2003...
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  • mission concept for a robotic spacecraft to explore the main-belt comet 7968 ElstPizarro and make the first in situ measurements of water in the asteroid belt...
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    of the impactor that generated the temporary cometary activity of 7968 ElstPizarro in 1996. Analysis of the light curve generated from photometry data...
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  • approach the Sun, making the boundary blurred (see 2060 Chiron and 7968 ElstPizarro). However, population comparisons between centaurs and TNOs are still...
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    discovered is 7968 ElstPizarro. It was discovered (as an asteroid) in 1979 but then was found to have a tail by Eric Elst and Guido Pizarro in 1996 and...
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    simultaneously classified as comets, such as 4015 Wilson–Harrington, 7968 ElstPizarro, and 118401 LINEAR. Michael Brown lists it as possibly a dwarf planet...
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    positions of the lost comet Wilson–Harrington (1949 III) 7968 ElstPizarro 133P/ElstPizarro Discovered in 1996 as a comet, but orbitally matched to asteroid...
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    A. (15 October 2018). "The Castalia mission to Main Belt Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro". Advances in Space Research. 62 (8): 1947–1976. arXiv:1709.03405. Bibcode:2018AdSpR...
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    asteroids 596 Scheila 2060 Chiron (95P) 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P) 7968 ElstPizarro (133P) 165P/LINEAR 166P/NEAT 167P/CINEOS 60558 Echeclus (174P) 118401...
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    (95P/Chiron), 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P/Wilson–Harrington), 7968 ElstPizarro (133P/ElstPizarro), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR)...
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    trans-Neptunian objects and centaurs. In 1996, the telescope imaged 7968 ElstPizarro with a previously unseen cometary tail, which spawned a new class...
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    Themis family (all members are also listed as Themistians). Includes 7968 ElstPizarro.: 7, 8, 18  cat list 621 Koronis family (II) K-2 246 D S 0.14 2.869...
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  • Kleť Z. Moravec  · 3.2 km MPC · JPL 7968 Elst-Pizarro 1996 N2 Elst-Pizarro July 14, 1996 La Silla E. W. Elst, G. Pizarro THM 3.2 km MPC · JPL 7969 1997 RP3...
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  • (95P/Chiron), 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P/Wilson–Harrington), 7968 ElstPizarro (133P/ElstPizarro), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR), (323137) 2003 BM80 (282P/2003...
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  • discoverer MPC · 7967 7968 Elst-Pizarro 1996 N2 Eric Walter Elst (born 1936), Belgian astronomer and Guido Pizarro, astronomer at ESO MPC · 7968 7970 Lichtenberg...
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  • Elsässer 30122 Elschweitzer 17771 Elsheimer 6309 Elsschot 3936 Elst 7968 Elst-Pizarro 2217 Eltigen 15752 Eluard 277 Elvira 246759 Elviracheca 17059 Elvis...
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  • 1998 KR1 Henry H. Hsieh (born 1978), American astronomer who studied 7968 Elst-Pizarro and other comet-like asteroid of the asteroid belt JPL · 17857 17858...
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  • 66 0.5647 3.886 5.38 10.2 JFC – MPC · JPL 133P/ElstPizarro (7968 ElstPizarro) E. W. Elst G. Pizarro 5.63 0.1562 3.165 1.39 – MBA-O – MPC · JPL 134P/Kowal–Vávrová...
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    large-grained (0.1 mm typical) dust grains rich with water ice. 6478 Gault 7968 ElstPizarro 118401 LINEAR (300163) 2006 VW139 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser:...
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  • Ercolepoli 7963 Falcinelli 7965 Katsuhiko 7966 Richardbaum 7967 Beny 7968 Elst-Pizarro 7970 Lichtenberg 7971 Meckbach 7972 Mariotti 7973 Koppeschaar 7974...
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  • asteroids 596 Scheila 2060 Chiron (95P) 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P) 7968 ElstPizarro (133P) 165P/LINEAR 166P/NEAT 167P/CINEOS 60558 Echeclus (174P) 118401...
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  • asteroids 596 Scheila 2060 Chiron (95P) 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P) 7968 ElstPizarro (133P) 165P/LINEAR 166P/NEAT 167P/CINEOS 60558 Echeclus (174P) 118401...
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