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C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya–Jones)

9/3/2026

C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya–Jones) is a non-periodic comet from the Oort cloud discovered on 18 November 2000, by Syogo Utsunomiya and Albert F. A. L. Jones. The comet reached up to apparent magnitude 5.5, but was only 27 degrees from the Sun in mid-December 2000.

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C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya–Jones) is a non-periodic comet from the Oort cloud discovered on 18 November 2000, by Syogo Utsunomiya and Albert F. A. L. Jones. The comet reached up to apparent magnitude 5.5, but was only 27 degrees from the Sun in mid-December 2000.

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