C/2017 K2
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| Discovered | May 21, 2017 |
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| Orbits | Sun |
| Orbital period | millions of years inbound; ~26000 years (outbound) |
| Next perihelion | December 19, 2022 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 1. 0008 |
| Dimensions | Rn between 14 km (8. 7 mi) and 80 km (50 mi); maximum Dn ~18 km (11 mi) |
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| ID | 2957137 |
About C/2017 K2
C/2017 K2 is a non-periodic comet with a hyperbolic orbit, discovered in May 2017 at a distance beyond the orbit of Saturn when it was 16. 09 AU from the Sun. Precovery images from 2013 were located by July. It has been in the constellation of Draco since July 2007.
