Comet Shoemaker 3, also known as 155P/Shoemaker, is a Jupiter-family comet with a 17-year-long orbit around the Sun. It is one of 32 comets discovered by American astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker.
Observational history The comet was discovered from the Palomar Observatory on the night of 10 January 1986. The Shoemakers' discovery was confirmed by Brian A. Skiff from the Lowell Observatory two days later. Further observations and astrometric measurements by Brian G. Marsden revealed that the new comet is also periodic.
It was next recovered by Shuichi Nakano on 9 September 2002. A series of possible outbursts occurred from the comet in October 2019, which has raised its maximum brightness to 14.89 during its most recent perihelion.
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at the Minor Planet Center database 155P/Shoemaker at Seiichi Yoshida's website