[meteorite-list] Naked-Eye Comet: Comet C/2001 A2

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:14 2004
Message-ID: <200106282035.NAA21552_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Space Weather News for June 28, 2001
http://www.spaceweather.com

NAKED-EYE COMET: Comet C/2001 A2 (better known as "Comet LINEAR") makes
its closest approach to Earth on Saturday, June 30th. Glowing at visual
magnitude 4, Comet LINEAR is not spectacular like, e.g., Comet Hale-Bopp
of 1997, but it will be easy to spot with the unaided eye. Astronomers
have watched this comet intently in recent months as it repeatedly
crumbled and brightened. The capricious snowball from the outer solar
system could yet hold surprises for observers in the days and weeks ahead.
 Visit SpaceWeather.com for finder charts and more information.

ASTEROID MOVIE: Near-Earth Asteroid 2001 ME1 will glide past Earth on
Friday, June 29th, 38 times farther from our planet than the Moon. Earlier
this week astronomer John Rogers captured a beautiful video of the
incoming space rock gliding among the stars. See it at SpaceWeather.com.
Received on Thu 28 Jun 2001 04:35:44 PM PDT