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Calling All Astronomers: Hartley 2 Approaching Earth
From Space Weather News
October 1, 2010 - Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close encounter on Oct. 20th. At that time, the comet will be only 11 million miles (0.12 AU) from our planet and should be dimly visible to the naked eye from dark sky sites. It already looks great through backyard telescopes, as shown by images featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com.
NASA's Deep Impact/EPOXI spacecraft is en route to this comet for close-up studies and a daring flyby on Nov. 4.
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| Comet 103/P Hartley 2 and Lambda 14 Cassiopea on September 29, 2010. Credit: Toni Scarmato |
