C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet... Wikipedia
Discoverer: Terry Lovejoy
Discovered: August 17, 2014
Orbital period: ~11000 years inbound (Barycentric solution for epoch 1950); ~8000 years outbound; (Barycentric solution for epoch 2050)
Predicted next perihelion: January 30, 2015
Last perihelion: 30 January 2015