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Title: Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
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Published: Mar 19, 2007
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Post Date: 2007-03-19 20:05:31 by BeAChooser
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Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) This is might offer a good show as it approaches earth. Here's an orbital simulation: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?sstr=C%2F2007+E2&group=all&search=Search
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#2. To: BeAChooser (#0)
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Possum Observatory - John Drummond, New Zealand Congratulations to Terry Lovejoy from Brisbane, Australia on his photographic survey discovery of a magnitude 9.5 comet in the deep southern sky! IAU Circular No. 8819 states - COMET 2007 E2 Terry Lovejoy, Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, reports his discovery of a comet with a strong central condensation and a green extended 4' coma, with a slight extension to the southwest, on sixteen 90-s CCD images obtained on Mar. 15 with a Canon 350D camera (+ 200-mm f/2.8 lens); the coma diameter was given as 5' from his Mar. 16 frame (his positions below have estimated uncertainties of +/- 15"). At Lovejoy's request, J. Drummond (Gisborne, New Zealand, 0.41-m reflector) confirmed the comet visually at mag 9.5 (moderately condensed, coma diameter 2'.6, no tail). Well, at least we know how the comet got that name.
I wonder if he knows either Hale or Bopp?
http://www.schechter.org/sager/Links/second/2nd_grade_outer_space_unit/Haleys_Comet.html If not, there's always a 2nd chance.
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#3. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
COMET 2007 E2 (Lovejoy) - PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS
#4. To: robin (#3)
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#4)
Haley 's comet appeared in 1986. Haley's comet comes by earth every 76 years. It will come again in 2062.
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