C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)

id: c-2011-j2-linear-261-5150175
title: C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)
text: C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 4 May 2011 by LINEAR at an apparent magnitude of 19.7 using a 1-meter (39 in) Reflecting telescope. As of September 2014 the comet is around apparent magnitude 17. C/2011 J2 came to perihelion on 25 December 2013 at a distance of 3.4 AU from the Sun. On 27 August 2014 an 18th magnitude fragment CK11J02b was detected. Preliminary estimates are that a fragmentation event occurred around 14 July 2014 plus/minus ten days. In mid-July 2014 the c
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description: Oort cloud comet
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2011_J2_(LINEAR)
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date modified: 2021-06-08T06:06:35Z
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