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| '''Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3''', one of the comets discovered by astronomers by ] and ], working at the Hamburg Observatory in ], ] <ref>See ]</ref>, broke into fragments on its re-entry to the inner solar system, May 1 2006, in a reaction triggered by the sun's heating the comet as it emerged from the frozen space of the outer solar system. | |||
| The comet's initial discovery was ]: the astronomers were exposing photographic plates in search of a minor planet, on photographs exposed for a minor planet survey, on May 2 1930. The comet was lost after its 1930 apparition, but was observed several more times. On its 1995 pass, the nucleus split in at least three pieces. | |||
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