Last night Hartley 2 passed within 11 million miles - much closer than the Earth is to the sun. It should be visible to the unaided eye in dark skies in the hours before dawn but will be best viewed using binoculars. Comet Hartley 2, was discovered from Australia by the British-born astronomer Malcolm Hartley in and takes 6.
It passes roughly between the paths of the Earth and Jupiter. The last time it came this close was in To view the comet this week, look northwest before dawn, about 75 degrees above the horizon — almost directly overhead. Hartley 2 will be near the bright star Capella, in the constellation Auriga, the charioteer. The sky will have to be extremely clear with little light pollution to get a good view of the comet as it makes its fly-by.
Comet Hartley 2's nuclear diameter is estimated at 0. Its appearance this year marks one of the closest approaches of any comet in the last few centuries.
Even though it will not be passing Earth until smaller pieces of it break off on its journey and when Earth passes through its orbit they collide with our atmosphere. The meteoroids, known as the the Orionid meteor shower - burn up quickly high in the atmosphere, creating the streaks across the night sky. Last year, NASA recorded 43 Orionid meteors, most of which burned up more than 50 miles above the ground.
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