title: 138P/Shoemaker–Levy
text: 138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet last came to perihelion on 11 June 2012, but only brightened to about apparent magnitude 20.5.
  
  There were 4 recovery images of 138P on 8 August 2018 by Pan-STARRS when the comet had a magnitude of about 21.5. The comet comes to perihelion on 2 May 2019.
  
  This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (D/1993 F2), which crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
  
  References
  
  External links 
   Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
   138P/Shoemaker-Levy 7 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
   Elements and Ephemeris for 138P/Shoemaker-Levy – Minor Planet Center
   138P at Kronk's Cometography
  
  Periodic comets
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  Comets in 2012
  Comets in 2019
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