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COMETE HYAKUTAKE 



Credit : Pic du Midi/CNRS/IMCCE


Comet Hyakutake passed near Earth in 1996. This small comet (diameter 3 km) came within a million kilometers from Earth.

Click here to see the comet passing near the Sun (SOHO satellite observation).

Credit : ESA