42P/Neujmin

42P/Neujmin, also known as Neujmin 3, is a periodic comet 2 km in diameter.

This comet and 53P/Van Biesbroeck are fragments of a parent comet that split in March 1845.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The comet did not come within 1 AU of a planet in the 20th century, but will pass 0.04 AU from asteroid 4 Vesta on July 17, 2036.^[6]

The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.2 kilometers in diameter.^[7]

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^ Comets II. Lunar and Planetary Institute, University of Arizona. p. 236, 237, 314.
^ Are Comets 42P/Neujmin 3 and 53P/Van Biesbroeck Parts of one Comet? Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
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