Comet Lulin
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Comet Lulin is a non-periodic comet. It was discovered by Ye Quanzhi and Lin Chi-Sheng from Lulin Observatory. It peaked in brightness at magnitude between +4.5 and +5, becoming visible to the naked eye, and arrived at perigee for observers on... Wikipedia
Discovered: July 11, 2007
Absolute magnitude: 9.7
Discovered by: Ye Quanzhi, Lin Chi-Sheng; 0.41-m Ritchey–Chrétien (D35)
Eccentricity: 0.99998 (near parabolic)
Last perihelion: January 10, 2009