Comet Lulin

Also known as C/2007 N3 (Lulin)

astronomical object

Key facts

Discovered by: Quanzhi Ye, Lin Chi-Sheng
Discovery site: Lulin Observatory ( D35 ), 0.41-m Ritchey–Chrétien
Discovery date: 11 July 2007
Alternative designations: CK07N030
Epoch: 6 December 2008 ( JD 2454806.5)
Aphelion: ~64,000 AU (inbound), ~2,400 AU (outbound)
Perihelion: 1.212 AU
Semi major axis: 1200 AU
Orbital period: 42,000 years (outbound)
Inclination: 178.37°
Longitude of ascending node: 338.54°
Argument of periapsis: 136.86°
Last perihelion: 10 January 2009
T jupiter: –1.365
Earth moid: 0.211 AU
Jupiter moid: 0.101 AU
Mean radius: 6.10 ± 0.25 km
Synodic rotation period: 41.45 ± 0.05 hours

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Orbital period: 7355303422.275307
Image: C2007N3Lulin2panel brimacombe.jpg

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Commons category: Comet Lulin
time of discovery or invention: 2007-07-11
absolute magnitude: 10.2
orbital eccentricity: 0.9999836220148743
semi-major axis of an orbit: 74017.56221988745
periapsis: 1.212258533074899
apoapsis: 148033.9121812418
orbital inclination: 178.3736105242984
longitude of ascending node: 338.5351631643972
argument of periapsis: 136.8621908598421
mean anomaly: 359.9999982066907
time of periapsis: 2454842.13981608

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Comet Lulin, formal designation C/2007 N3, (Traditional Chinese:鹿林彗星) is a non-periodic comet discovered by Quanzhi Ye and Lin Chi-Sheng from the Lulin Observatory. It peaked in brightness at magnitude between +4.5 and +5, becoming visible to the naked eye, and arrived at perigee for observers on Earth on February 24, 2009, and at 0.411 AU (61.5 million km; 38.2 million mi) from Earth.

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