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Archive Home > 2013 > March > 07 > Millions will get first look at comet

Millions will get first look at comet

By Marcia Dunn / The Bulletin
March 7, 2013

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A recently discovered comet is closer than it’s ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.

Called Pan-STARRS, the comet passed within 100 million miles of Earth on Tuesday, its closest approach in its first-ever....

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