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Comets P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) & 252P/LINEAR

This 3D interactive program (above) shows the orbits of two comets: P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) and 252P/LINEAR. These two comets passed safely by the Earth in March 2016. Their orbits are so similar that they may have fragmented from each other in the past.

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Below is an animation showing the two comet flybys.

animation of the two comet flybys