Comet Borrelly
Commet 19P/Borrelly is a periodic comet that orbits the Sun every 6.8 years.
Comet Borrelly photographed by the Deep Space 1 space probe in 2001.
Credit: NASA
Facts About Comet Borrelly:
- Discovered by Alphonse Borrelly from France on December 28, 1904.
- It was was visited by the spacecraft Deep Space 1 in 2001. The information sent back to Earth was, at the time, the best images and close-up science data of a comet.
- Reflecting less than 3 percent of all the sunlight that hits it, this is one of the darkest known objects in the Solar System.
Classification: Comet, periodic
(orbiting Sun)
Names: Comet Borrelly, 19P/Borrelly
Discovered: 1904 by Alphonse Borrelly
Orbital Period: 6.8000
Eccentricity: 0.62400000