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Discovery of C 1956 R1

Belgium · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Sylvain Julien Victor Arend8 November 1956

Uccle · Science / Astronomy

Identifies a comet that becomes a prominent naked-eye object in 1957.

Names involved

Sylvain Julien Victor Arend

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