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56P/Slaughter–Burnham

9/3/2026

56P/Slaughter–Burnham is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a period of 11.54 years. It is the second of two comets co-discovered by Robert Burnham Jr. and Charles D. Slaughter.

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56P/Slaughter–Burnham is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a period of 11.54 years. It is the second of two comets co-discovered by Robert Burnham Jr. and Charles D. Slaughter.

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