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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Perihelion: 2004 July 10
Normally extremely faint, it occasionally experiences large outbursts in brightness

C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
Perihelion: 2009 January 14
Maximum magnitude about 4 during the last half of February

144P/Kushida
Perihelion: 2009 January 26
Maximum magnitude about 11

C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
Perihelion: 2009 April 7
Maximum magnitude about 10 during March and April

C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
Perihelion: 2009 May 5
Maximum magnitude about 8

C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
Perihelion: 2009 June 13
Maximum magnitude about 10

217P/LINEAR
Perihelion: 2009 September 8
Maximum magnitude about 11

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