A comet observes
this week from Puerto Rico will draw near Earth at a distance that would be
seen by the naked eye.
This was broadcast
by the Astronomical Society of the Caribbean (SAC), who specified that it
C/2011L4 comet, known as Panstarrs and which was discovered from the Maui
Island in Hawaii in June 2011.
The organization
said that since the discovery of Panstarrs observations were made from different
parts of the world suggests that the comet could offer a great sky show.
The Pan-STARRS
telescope in Hawaii detected the comet was named C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS).
Its closest
approach to Earth will occur on March 5, 2013, while the closest approach to
the Sun should happen on March 10 when it passes 50 million kilometers from the
Sun, about the same distance from the planet Mercury.
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