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Orrery: Comet Hyakutake Earth Fly-By

This image, created with the Orrery, shows the comet Hyakutake in a close encounter with Earth on March 25, 1996. Jupiter is in the background.

The radii of the bodies have been magified by a factor of 1000 in this image to make them more visible. The actual closest distance between Hyakutake and Earth was about 9.3 million miles.


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