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New comet may be visible to the naked eye in 2013

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Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:24:26 +0000
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Astronomers have discovered a new comet that they expect will be visible to the naked eye in early 2013.A preliminary orbit computed by the Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., shows that the comet will come within about 30 million miles of the sun in early 2013, about the same distance as Mercury. The comet will pose no danger to Earth.
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