36P/Whipple

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36P/Whipple is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the lowest numbered Quasi-Hilda comet.^[1] It passed Template:Convert from Jupiter in June 1922.^[2]

The comet nucleus is estimated to be 4.5 kilometers in diameter^[2] or 5.1 kilometers. The rotational period was estimated to be about 40 hours.^[3]

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