关键词:
COMETS
ASTRONOMERS
摘要:
The article reports on the discovery of comet, designated C/2011 W3, by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy in Brisbane, Queensland on November 27, 2011. It determines that the comet was a member of the Kreutz group of comets, which are presumed to have come from a single parent object and all of the group follow a similar orbital path. It predicts that the comet will pass a mere 180,000 kilometers from the solar surface during its perihelion passage on December 16, 2011.