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Close approaches
of comets
The table below provides the list of close approaches of comets (past and future).
Distance Distance Date (TT) Designation of the comet
(UA) (millions
0.0151 1770 July 1.7 D/1770 L1 (Lexell)
0.0229 1366 Oct. 26.4 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle)
0.0237 2016 Mar. 22.65 P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)
0.0312 1983 May 11.5 C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)
0.0334 837 Apr. 10.5 1P/837 F1 (Halley)
0.0358 2016 Mar. 21.52 252P/LINEAR
0.0366 1805 Dec. 9.9 3D/1805 V1 (Biela)
0.0390 1743 Feb. 8.9 C/1743 C1
0.0394 1927 June 26.8 7P/Pons-Winnecke
0.0437 1702 Apr. 20.2 C/1702 H1
0.0555 2014 May 29.33 209P/LINEAR
0.0601 2011 Aug. 15.34 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
0.0617 1930 May 31.7 73P/1930 J1 (Schwassmann-Wachmann)
0.0628 1983 June 12.8 C/1983 J1 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa)
0.0682 1760 Jan. 8.2 C/1760 A1 (Great comet)
0.0787 2006 May 12.4 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
0.0839 1853 Apr. 29.1 C/1853 G1 (Schweizer)
0.0879 1797 Aug. 16.5 C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel)
0.0884 374 Apr. 1.9 1P/374 E1 (Halley)
0.0898 607 Apr. 19.2 1P/607 H1 (Halley)
0.0934 1763 Sept.23.7 C/1763 S1 (Messier)
0.0964 1864 Aug. 8.4 C/1864 N1 (Tempel)
0.0982 1862 July 4.6 C/1862 N1 (Schmidt)