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Comet 27P/Crommelin is at Perihelion (0.748 AU) on the 3rd August, 2011.



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Comet 27P/Crommelin makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.586 AU) on the 19th July, 2011.



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Comet 27P/Crommelin, also known as Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes, is a periodic comet in the solar system named after the British astronomer Andrew C. D. Crommelin who calculated its orbit in 1930. It is one of only four comets not named after their discoverer(s), the other three being Comets Halley, Encke, and Lexell.
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