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Comet Hyakutake
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Comet Hyakutake [¦käm·ət ‚hyä·ku̇′tä·ke]
(astronomy)
A comet that passed within about 0.1 astronomical unit of earth in late March 1996.
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At the same time, spurred by the sight of the comet Hyakutake one night, Jan Deblieu began a quiet fascination with the night sky.
Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars by Science News
After Hyakutake graduated from Kyushu Sangyo University as a photography major, he worked for a newspaper in Fukuoka.
Yuji Hyakutake, who discovered 'Comet Hyakutake,' dies at 51 by Japan Weekly Monitor
The tail of Comet Hyakutake stretches 354 million miles, more than four times the distance between the earth and the sun.
THE MEGA COMET; Longest tail covers 354m miles by Yates, Nathan / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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