NASA experts spoke about the three comets that will fly past Earth in 2017 and 2018.
Around the Earth there are three short periodic comet, said the head of NASA headquarters, Kelly Fast. This is “41P” / tuttle – Giacobini – Kresak, “45r” / Honda – Mrkos – Pajdusakova and “46P” / Virtanen.
Comet “41P” opened In 1858. This year she got closer to the Ground for the 11th time. It is located at a distance of 21 million km.
Celestial body “45r” is approached Earth at a distance of almost 12 million km.
Comet “46R” fly 11.5 million km from Earth in December next year. It belongs to the family of Jupiter. The space object is different “hyperactivity,” the researchers say.
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