Re: Comet P/Harrington-Wilson?

Michael Mattiazzo Dec 9, 2004

> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:22:39 -0500
> From: Truman Kohman <tk11@...>
> Subject: Comet P/Harrington-Wilson?
>
> Guide Users,
> Using Guide 8, when I click "Go To" and then "Comet", among the list
> of comets is "P/Harrington-Wilson", which right now is near perihelion and
> fairly bright. But when I click on "Exras" and then "Edit Comet Data",
> this comet is not listed. The SAO "Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 2001"
> lists several comets of which Harrington is discoverer or co-discoverer,
> but no "Harrington-Wilson". Can anyone tell me anything about
> "P/Harrington-Wilson"?

Hello ,

I believe that P/Harrington-Wilson was only observed at its discovery
apparition in 1952 and is subsequently lost or it has disintegrated.

Cheers,
Michael Mattiazzo