2-21-16

Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter Twin Comets may Spark Rare Meteor Shower

When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look east. You’ll see Jupiter and the Moon rising together.
The Moon and Jupiter pass within 1°57′ of each other.
https://in-the-sky.org/newsindex.php?….

It’s a beautiful conjunction, and a great way to end the day.
http://spaceweather.com/

On March 21st, green comet 252P/LINEAR will fly by Earth only 5.4 million km away– the fifth closest cometary approach on record. One day later, a suspected fragment of the comet will pass even closer (3 million km). The name of the fragment is “P/2016 BA14.

252P/LINEAR is now on the threshold of naked eye visibility for observers in the southern hemisphere. 
The comet is green because its vaporizing nucleus emits diatomic carbon, C2, a gas which glows green in the near-vacuum of space. The verdant color will become even more intense in the nights ahead as 252P/LINEAR approaches Earth.

According to the International Meteor Organization, there is a chance that the comet’s approach could cause a rare meteor shower. Little is known about meteors from these comets, so estimates of the meteor rate are very uncertain. 

Twin’ comets will pass by Earth on Monday, Tuesday; closest in nearly 250 years

Two comets, the first one a shade of green, will pass closely by Earth beginning on Monday, March 21, according to NASA.

Comet 252P/LINEAR Flies By The Earth Today (Apocalyptic Signs)

Comet 252P/LINEAR flies by the Earth

Twin comets to pass Earth this week, the closest in nearly 250 years

(FOX 11) - Two comets will pass by Earth this week — and one will be the closet comet in nearly 250 years.

Comet 252P/LINEAR, the larger comet at approximately 750 feet, will zip past the Earth on Monday at a range of about 3.3 million miles away.

On Tuesday, Comet P/2016 BA14 will safely fly by our planet at a distance of about 2.2 million miles away. This will be the third closest flyby of a comet in recorded history, according to NASA.

“March 22 will be the closest comet P/2016 BA14 gets to us for at least the next 150 years,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Chodas added that Comet P/2016 BA14 ”is not a threat” but rather an opportunity for scientific advancement on the study of comets.

Read more information about the twin comets here.  SOURCE

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