C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
Appearance
![]() Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) discovery frame | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Terry Lovejoy |
Discovery date | 15 March 2007 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | 2454230.5 (10 May 2007) |
Aphelion | 1838 AU (inbound) 1554 AU (outbound)[1] |
Perihelion | 1.09294 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.999233 |
Orbital period | ~28000 yr (inbound) ~22000 yr (outbound)[1] |
Inclination | 95.8835° |
Last perihelion | 27 March 2007 |
C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) is a non-periodic comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy on 15 March 2007. Its perihelion was 27 March 2007, while its closest approach to Earth was 25 April 2007 in Hercules at a distance of 0.44 AU. Maximum apparent magnitude was approximately +8.[2]
The discovery was made using a Canon EOS 350D consumer grade digital camera, and not a CCD survey camera.[3]
Image gallery
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C/2007 E2 on 21 April 2007 from Mount Laguna, California
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Sporting a vague tail to the 2 o'clock on 9 May 2007 from Mount Laguna. The star is Mu Draconis (mag 4.90)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Horizons output. "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)". Solution using the Solar System Barycenter. Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0 (To be outside planetary region, inbound epoch 1950 and outbound epoch 2050)
- ^ Yoshida, Seiichi. "C/2007 E2 ( Lovejoy )". Aerith.net.
- ^ Drummond, John. "Comet 2007 E2 (Lovejoy) - Photos and Observations". Possum Observatory. Archived from the original on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
External links
[edit] Media related to C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) at Wikimedia Commons
- C/2007 E2 at the JPL Small-Body Database Browser
- C/2007 E2 at Cometography.com
- C/2007 E2 moving amongst the stars (video in WMV format)