C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)
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c-2017-t2-panstarrs-262-13370978
title:
C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)
text:
C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 2 October 2017 when it was 9.2 AU (1.38 billion km) from the Sun. The closest approach to Earth was on 28 December 2019 at a distance of 1.52 AU (227 million km). It came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 4 May 2020 when it was safe from disintegration at 1.6 AU from the Sun. (Mars is also roughly 1.6 AU from the Sun.) Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) brightened to apparent magnitude 8 and was visible with 50mm binoculars. On 22-
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Oort cloud comet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2017_T2_(PanSTARRS)
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-04T01:24:32Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15