- This event has passed.
Comet 46P/Wirtanen (peak at mag 3.2 on 16 Dec 2018)
December 16, 2018
Wirtanen makes a very close (for a comet) approach to the Earth:
- Occurs Dec 16, 2018
- Less than 4 days after perihelion
- The comet is near its brightest
- Geocentric Distance: 0.0775 AU / 30 Lunar distances / 11.5 million km
- 10th closest comet in modern times (Few of the others reached naked eye brightness)
- No chance of the comet hitting Earth