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Comet 29P, also known as Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 is a Centaur: "Centaurs are so-named because they exhibit some characteristics of asteroids and some of comets."

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/C. Schambeau Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet 29P, also known as Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 is a Centaur: "Centaurs are so-named because they exhibit some characteristics of asteroids and some of comets." International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/C. Schambeau Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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in reply to Solar Anamnesis

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And they named Debbie Wasserman after Schwassman-Wachman because her face resembled an asteroid... just thought I'd throw that fun fact in there.

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