138P/Shoemaker–Levy

id: 138p-shoemaker-levy-191-2439045
title: 138P/Shoemaker–Levy
text: 138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet last came to perihelion on 11 June 2012, but only brightened to about apparent magnitude 20.5. There were 4 recovery images of 138P on 8 August 2018 by Pan-STARRS when the comet had a magnitude of about 21.5. The comet comes to perihelion on 2 May 2019. This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
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description: Periodic comet with 7 year orbit
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/138P/Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy
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date modified: 2023-12-22T22:58:25Z
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