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C2014Q2 Lovejoy [1]

C2014Q2 [2]

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C2014Q2 (Lovejoy) es un cometa [4] de periodo largo descubierto por Terry Lovejoy [5] el 17 de Agosto de 2014. La imagen fue tomada cuando el cometa [4] se encontraba a 82 millones de Kilómetros de la Tierra. El centro del cometa [4] es una bola de hielo de aproximadamente 5 kilómetros, y la cabeza visible del cometa Lovejoy [6] es una nube de gas y polvo de unos 643.000 Kilómetros de diámetro. En su paso mas cercano al sol el 30 de Enero de 2015 el cometa [4] liberaba agua a una tasa de 20 toneladas por segundo.

C2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a comet [7] of long period that was discover by Terry Lovejoy [8] the 17 on August of 2014. The image was taken when the comet [7] was at 82 millions of kilometers of Earth. The center of the comet [7] is an ice ball of about 5 kilometer, and the visible head of the Comet Lovejoy [9] is a gas cloud and dust of some 643.000 Kilometers of diameter. In its passes closer to the sun the 30 of January of 2015 the comet [7] released water at a rate of 20 tons per second.

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©Imágenes tomadas por la Colaboración DES con la cámara montada en el Telescopio Blanco del Observatorio de Cerro Tololo en Chile.
©Images taken by the DES Collaboration with the DECAM camera mounted on the Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile. 

 


Source URL (modified on 08/23/2017 - 15:19): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/12161

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[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/12161
[2] http://vms.fnal.gov/stillphotos/2016/0000/16-0048-01.jpg
[3] http://vms.fnal.gov/stillphotos/2016/0000/16-0048-01.hr.jpg
[4] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cometa
[5] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy
[6] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)
[10] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Art-Darkness-Fermilabs-Images-Gallery