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C/1967 Y1 (Ikeya–Seki)

9/3/2026

Comet Ikeya-Seki, formally designated as C/1967 Y1, is a retrograde non-periodic comet discovered by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki on 1967. It is the second comet discovered by the two Japanese astronomers after C/1965 S1.

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Comet Ikeya-Seki, formally designated as C/1967 Y1, is a retrograde non-periodic comet discovered by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki on 1967. It is the second comet discovered by the two Japanese astronomers after C/1965 S1.

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