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Coming Soon: Comet Ikeya-Zhang

Posted by michael on from the whizbang dept.

Bill Kendrick writes: "Space.com reports that a newly discovered comet is approaching the sun and earth. No, this one won't hit us, but it should make for a good show. It'll be closest to the sun on March18th. Here's a diagram of its orbit."

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  1. Orbitals and Ephemeris at IAU by LauraLolly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The wonderful folks at the International Astronomical Union (Smithsonian Observatory) have published orbital elements and an ephemeris for Ikeya-Zhang.

    This is most useful stuff! (Doesn't look like it will be much fun for binoc/naked eye until late March.)