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Historic Comet Close Approaches
HISTORIC COMET CLOSE APPROACHES PRIOR TO 2006
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The following table shows close-Earth approachs by
historic comets prior to 2006, sorted by close-approach distance
from closest to farthest.
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Comet Name
|
Designation
|
Date of Close
Earth Approach
|
Miss Distance (AU)
|
Miss Distance (LD)
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Note
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Comet of 1491 |
C/1491 B1 |
1491-Feb-20.0 |
0.0094 |
3.7 |
* |
Lexell |
D/1770 L1 |
1770-Jul-01.7 |
0.0151 |
5.9 |
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Tempel-Tuttle |
5P/1366 U1 |
1366-Oct-26.4 |
0.0229 |
8.9 |
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IRAS-Araki-Alcock |
C/1983 H1 |
1983-May-11.5 |
0.0313 |
12.2 |
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Halley |
1P/ 837 F1 |
837-Apr-10.5 |
0.0334 |
13.0 |
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Biela |
3D/1805 V1 |
1805-Dec-09.9 |
0.0366 |
14.2 |
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Comet of 1743 |
C/1743 C1 |
1743-Feb-08.9 |
0.0390 |
15.2 |
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Pons-Winnecke |
7P/ |
1927-Jun-26.8 |
0.0394 |
15.3 |
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Comet of 1014 |
C/1014 C1 |
1014-Feb-24.9 |
0.0407 |
15.8 |
* |
Comet of 1702 |
C/1702 H1 |
1702-Apr-20.2 |
0.0437 |
17.0 |
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Comet of 1132 |
C/1132 T1 |
1132-Oct-07.2 |
0.0447 |
17.4 |
* |
Comet of 1351 |
C/1351 W1 |
1351-Nov-29.4 |
0.0479 |
18.6 |
* |
Comet of 1345 |
C/1345 O1 |
1345-Jul-31.9 |
0.0485 |
18.9 |
* |
Comet of 1499 |
C/1499 Q1 |
1499-Aug-17.1 |
0.0588 |
22.9 |
* |
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 |
3P/1930 J1 |
1930-May-31.7 |
0.0617 |
24.0 |
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Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa |
C/1983 J1 |
1983-Jun-12.8 |
0.0628 |
24.4 |
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Comet of 1080 |
C/1080 P1 |
1080-Aug-05.7 |
0.0641 |
24.9 |
* |
Great comet |
C/1760 A1 |
1760-Jan-08.2 |
0.0681 |
26.5 |
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Comet of 1472 |
C/1471 Y1 |
1472-Jan-22.9 |
0.0690 |
26.9 |
* |
Comet of 400 |
C/ 400 F1 |
400-Mar-31.1 |
0.0767 |
29.8 |
* |
LINEAR |
P/2000 G1 |
1921-Mar-09.9 |
0.0775 |
30.1 |
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Comet of 1556 |
C/1556 D1 |
1556-Mar-13.0 |
0.0835 |
32.5 |
* |
Schweizer |
C/1853 G1 |
1853-Apr-29.1 |
0.0839 |
32.7 |
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Bouvard-Herschel |
C/1797 P1 |
1797-Aug-16.5 |
0.0879 |
34.2 |
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Halley |
1P/ 374 E1 |
374-Apr-01.9 |
0.0884 |
34.4 |
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Halley |
1P/ 607 H1 |
607-Apr-19.2 |
0.0898 |
34.9 |
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Comet of 568 |
C/ 568 O1 |
568-Sep-25.7 |
0.0918 |
35.7 |
* |
Messier |
C/1763 S1 |
1763-Sep-23.7 |
0.0934 |
36.3 |
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Tempel |
C/1864 N1 |
1864-Aug-08.4 |
0.0964 |
37.5 |
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Machholz 2-A |
141P-A |
1905-Jan-05.2 |
0.0968 |
37.7 |
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LINEAR |
P/2000 G1 |
2000-Mar-04.7 |
0.0974 |
37.9 |
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Schmidt |
C/1862 N1 |
1862-Jul-04.6 |
0.0982 |
38.2 |
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Comet of 390 |
C/ 390 Q1 |
390-Aug-18.9 |
0.1002 |
39.0 |
* |
Hyakutake |
C/1996 B2 |
1996-Mar-25.3 |
0.1018 |
39.6 |
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Seki |
C/1961 T1 |
1961-Nov-15.2 |
0.1019 |
39.7 |
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* - Miss distance is uncertain because comet's orbit
is relatively poorly determined.
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