C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) [SEP] discoverer or inventor
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the intense UV and optical light of the Sun as it passes through space.
History.
By December 2014, the comet
Comet Lovejoy
Comet Lovejoy may refer to:
- C/2007 K5 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in May 2007
- C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in March 2007
- C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in 2011, noted for its pass through the Sun's corona
- C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2013
- C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in 2014
- C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy), a comet