24P/Schaumasse

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Comet Schaumasse is a Jupiter-family comet roughly 2 km in diameter with an 8.2-year orbit around the Sun. It is the first of three comets discovered by French astronomer, Alexandre Schaumasse. It last came to perihelion on 8 January 2026 and will next return on 16 March 2034.

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