Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Passes the Earth
Credit & Copyright: Thad V'Soske (Cosmotions.com)
Explanation: Rarely does a comet pass this close to Earth. Last week,
dedicated astrofilmographers were able to take advantage of the close approach
of crumbling 73P / Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 to make time-lapse movies of
the fast-moving comet. Large comet fragments passed about 25 times the Moon's
distance from the Earth. The above time lapse movie of Fragment B of Comet
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 ov
