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C/2014 G3 (PanSTARRS) is a faint comet discovered on 10 April 2014 by Pan-STARRS[1] which will pass near Jupiter's gravitational field on 8 March 2016 at distance of 0.76 AU (114,000,000 km; 71,000,000 mi).[2] The comet had about a 405-year orbital period[2] before entering the planetary region of the Solar System. The comet will only brighten to around apparent magnitude 18 in 2015,[3] and will require a large amateur telescope with a CCD camera to be detected. After this passage the comet will have a 391-year orbital period. C/2014 G3 has a spectra similar to S-type asteroids.[4]

See also

• Lists of comets
• List of interstellar comets
• List of comets by type
• List of non-periodic comets
• List of periodic comets

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