Two Comets To Make Record Close-Approach During March 2016
EDITOR’S COMMENTS: “Odd that there doesn’t seem to be too much being circulated about this, or perhaps I just haven’t noticed too much about it but it is rather interesting since these two comets will be joining in Asteroid 2013 TX68 in the ‘March Madness 2016’ for ‘relatively’ near Earth approaches. It’s important to note that though these are ‘record’ breaking approach distance as claimed by the source of the article/video these will not likely be visible to the naked eye, an exciting month for celestial bodies nonetheless.”
Two comets headed for close approaches to Earth record-breaking comet flyby in March 2016.
March turns out to be the month of great celestial events in 2016. On March 21 the comet 252P/LINEAR 12 will make its closest approach yet, passing just 3.1 million miles (5.3 million km) Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) is set to pass by Earth at a distance of 2.1 million miles (3.5 million km). This is a record-breaking approach to Earth for a comet!!! Comet’s P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) passage will be the closest known comet flyby of the last 230 hundred years. Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey on 2016 Jan 22.
