Astronomy and Space

26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

Comet Grigg–Skjellerup (formally designated 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup) is a periodic comet. It was visited by the Giotto probe in July 1992. The spacecraft came as close as 200 km, but could not take pictures because some instruments were damaged from its encounter with Halley's Comet. The comet last came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 25 December 2023, but was 1.8 AU from Earth and only 31 degrees from the Sun.

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• ▸Expedition 12
• ▸Belding's ground squirrel
• ▸Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

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