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Proper Name	Shoemaker-Levy 7
Designation	138P
Orbital inclination to the Ecliptic	10.1°
Orbital Period	6.9 years
Distance from the Sun	Semi-Major Axis: 542,741,100 km (3.63 AU) Perihelion: 255,413,900 km (1.71 AU) Aphelion: 830,068,200 km (5.55 AU))
Eccentricity	0.5294
Notes	A faint short-period comet that orbits through the inner Solar System over a period of just under seven years. Its closest approach to the Sun is at a distance of 1.7 AU, and so it does not approach closely enough to be easily visible from Earth.

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