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164P/Christensen

comet

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4175990 ↗
Source-derived summary

164P/Christensen is a periodic comet in the Solar System. 164P/Christensen has an orbital period of around 7 years, and is expected to come to perihelion in April or May of 2032.

Observational history

The comet was discovered by Eric J. Christensen in late 2004 from images in the Catalina Sky Survey. It was the second comet he discovered after 210P/Christensen. At the time of discovery the comet had an apparent magnitude of 16.5 in the Leo (constellation).

References

1. “IAUC 8458: Comet P/2004 Y1 (Christensen); c/2004 V14, V15, W1-W6.” Harvard.Edu, 2026, http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08400/08458.html. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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The public source identifies “164P/Christensen” as comet. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around 164P, Christensen and comet.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2032, 2004, 2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with 164P, Christensen and comet providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “164P/Christensen”, the useful work is to connect “comet” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4175990. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2032, 2004 and 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “164P/Christensen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.