C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)

For other comets discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, see Comet WISE and NEOWISE.

C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)
Discovery[1]
Discovered byNEOWISE
James Bauer, et. al
Discovery date4 July 2014
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch5 August 2015 (JD 2457239.5)
Observation arc2.51 years (917 days)
Aphelion~60,000 AU (inbound)
~4,300 AU (outbound)
Perihelion3.882 AU
Semi-major axis~5,800 AU
Eccentricity0.99933
Orbital period~5.1 million years (inbound)
~98,900 years (outbound)
Inclination61.638°
19.927°
Argument of
periapsis		353.57°
Mean anomaly0.0003°
Last perihelion13 March 2015
TJupiter1.161
Earth MOID2.888 AU
Jupiter MOID1.065 AU
Physical characteristics[4][5]
Mean radius
~15.0 ± 3.0 km (9.3 ± 1.9 mi)
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		5.0
Comet nuclear
magnitude (M2)		10.6
13.8
(2014 apparition)

Comet NEOWISE, formally designated as C/2014 N3, is a distant non-periodic comet that came to perihelion at a distance of 3.88 AU (580 million km) from the Sun on 13 March 2015. It is one of several comets discovered by the NEOWISE space telescope.

References

  1. ^ J. Bauer; T. Lister; H. Sato; E. Guido; N. Howes; et al. (July 2014). D. W. Green (ed.). "Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 3921. Bibcode:2014CBET.3921....1B.
  2. ^ "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) in epoch 1800 and 2200". JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 June 2025. (Solution using the Solar System's barycenter (Sun+Jupiter). Select Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)
  3. ^ "C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Observation list for C/2014 N3". COBS – Comet OBServation database. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. ^ O. Ivanova; I. Luk’yanyk; F. Moreno; J. M. Bauer; V. Rosenbush (2025). "Photometry and spectroscopy of distant comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 697: 188. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453286.
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