&sq=&lang=&file=File:C2014_E2_(Jacques).jpg) Image of 2014 E2 (Jacques) in 24 August 2014 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cristóvão Jacques Eduardo Pimentel João Ribeiro de Barros Marcelo Dias |
| Discovery date | 13 March 2014 |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch | 2014 May 23.0 TT (JD 2456800.5) |
| Aphelion | ~1600 AU (epoch 1950)[1] |
| Perihelion | 0.6638 AU (q) |
| Eccentricity | 0.99912 (e) |
| Orbital period | ~22,000 years inbound (Barycentric solution for epoch 1950)[1] ~12,000 years outbound (Barycentric solution for epoch 2050)[1] |
| Avg. orbital speed | 27 km/s |
| Max. orbital speed | 51.7 km/s |
| Inclination | 156.4° (i) |
| Last perihelion | 2014 July 2 |
C/2014 E2 (Jacques), provisionally designated as S002692,[3] is a long-period comet discovered by the Brazilian astronomers Cristóvão Jacques Lage de Faria, Eduardo Pimentel, João Ribeiro de Barros and Marcelo Dias on the night of 13 March 2014.[4] It was the second comet discovered by the SONEAR Observatory team after comet C/2014 A4.
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barycenterwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "C/2014 E2 (Jacques)". Small-Body Database Lookup. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "C/2014 E2 Jacques" (in Portuguese). Costeira1 e Cometas/REA. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ Villamarin, Jenalyn (2014-03-17). "2014 Comet Jacques: SONEAR Team in Brazil Spots New Comet C/2014 E2, Closest Approach to the Sun to Occur on June 29". International Business Times AU. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-31.