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Unnumbered Short-Period Comets

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The following lists comets having periods of less than 25 years that have either been discovered in recent years or for which a short-period orbit has recently been calculated. Most of these objects will probably be recovered at future apparitions and be given permanent numbers.

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Seargent, D.A.J. (2017). Unnumbered Short-Period Comets. In: Visually Observing Comets. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45435-1_18

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