Kometa 12P/Pons–Brooks

Rare Halley-Type Comet Larger Than Everest Could Be Visible to Naked Eye Soon

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Rare Halley-Type Comet Larger Than Everest Could Be Visible to Naked Eye Soon

A comet larger than Mount Everest could be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks, according to astronomers. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, as the body is called, is a Halley-type comet, points out The Guardian server. That means it will appear once or maybe twice in a lifetime. 12P/Pons-Brooks completes its orbit once every 71.3 … Read more

Exploding Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Spectacular Celestial Event as it Moves Through Andromeda, Pisces, and Aries

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Exploding Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Spectacular Celestial Event as it Moves Through Andromeda, Pisces, and Aries

During this period, the comet moves slowly in our sky through the constellations of Andromeda, Pisces and Aries, experts from the Institute of Physics of the University of Silesia in Opava and the Czech Astronomical Society point out. We already reported last year that comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is approaching us again after seven decades. And that … Read more