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  2. A 'Devil Comet' twice the size of Everest will pass over ...

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    It is a Halley-type comet, meaning it has a long orbit, in this case about 71 years on its way toward the sun. Photo of Comet Nishimura. The comet, which glowed green, was spotted in the ...

  3. ‘Devil comet’ is about to make its closest approach of Earth

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    The comet will make its closest pass of Earth on Sunday, but it will be more than 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) away from our planet and won’t pose a risk. ... Astronomers estimate ...

  4. There's an enormous comet heading toward Earth this month ...

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    The K2 comet will have its closest approach to Earth July 14, where it will come within 270 million kilometers of our planet. There's an enormous comet heading toward Earth this month. Here's how ...

  5. C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) - Wikipedia

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    C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) is a comet that was discovered on 14 June 2024 as A117uUD by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), South Africa, Sutherland.It will reach perihelion on 10 March 2025 at 3.432 AU (513.4 million km) from the Sun. [4] [5]

  6. Comet Kohoutek - Wikipedia

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    Comet Kohoutek (formally designated C/1973 E1 and formerly as 1973 XII and 1973f) [c] is a comet that passed close to the Sun towards the end of 1973. Early predictions of the comet's peak brightness suggested that it had the potential to become one of the brightest comets of the 20th century, capturing the attention of the wider public and the press and earning the comet the moniker of "Comet ...

  7. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth - Wikipedia

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    The average near-Earth asteroid, such as 2019 VF 5, passes Earth at 18 km/s. The average short-period comet passes Earth at 30 km/s, and the average long-period comet passes Earth at 53 km/s. [9] A retrograde parabolic Oort cloud comet (e=1, i=180°) could pass Earth at 72 km/s when 1 AU from the Sun.

  8. Rare comet may be visible to the naked eye. Here's ... - AOL

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    Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth On Wednesday, the comet made its closest approach to our sun and on Saturday, October 12 at 11:39 a.m. it will be just 43,911,824 miles from Earth (its ...

  9. Stargazers Will Have The Chance To Spot Probably The Most ...

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    The Oort Cloud comet called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October and won’t be back for another 80,000 years Image credits: Gerald Rhemann Image ...