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Jul 8, 2024

Comet 13P/Olbers streaks across July sky: How skywatchers can view

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The night sky has a visiting comet flaunting its faint tail for stargazers this summer.

The comet 13P/Olbers will make its closest approach to Earth later this month, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The comet orbits the sun every 25,400 days. That’s about every 70 years – 69.54 to be exact. It was last be seen from Earth in 1956.

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