C/2014 G3 [SEP] time of discovery
C/2014 G3
C/2014 G3 is a faint comet discovered on 10 April 2014 by Pan-STARRS which will pass near Jupiter's gravitational field on 8 March 2016 at distance of . The comet had about a 405-year orbital period before entering the planetary region of the Solar System. The comet will only brighten to around apparent magnitude 18 in 2015, and will require a large amateur telescope with a CCD camera to be detected. After this passage the comet will have a 391-year orbital period. C/2014 G3 has a spectra similar to S
Gemini, and Apollo missions, was released in high definition on the Discovery Channel in June 2008 in the television series "".
When Grissom died he was in the process of writing a book about Gemini.
References.
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External links.
- Letter from Grissom thanking students for naming their school after him
- Grissom's Gemini G3-C Pressure Suit, National Air and Space Museum
- Grissom's "Liberty Bell 7" Pressure Suit