Fue llamado el Gran Cometa de 1996; su aproximación a la Tierra fue una de las más cercanas de los últimos 200 años. Comet Hyakutake Viewing Tips (Abrams Planetarium - March 1, 1996). Its path across the sky at nearly circumpolar declination was extremely favorable for observers everywhere in the northern hemisphere. Comet Hyakutake will reach less than one quarter of the Earth-Sun distance - inside the orbit of Mercury. Discovery and designation Comet Hyakutake, as imaged by the C3 coronagraph of the Naval Research Laboratory's LASCO instrument on the SOHO spacecraft on 2 … F ollowing the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp in mid-1995, the entire world was awaiting its expected good show in 1997. This picture shows the comet to the north of the Sun. C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) Comet Hyakutake captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 4, 1996, with an infrared filter. Comet Hyakutake (Japanese pronunciation: [çʲakɯ̥take], formally designated C/1996 B2) is a comet, discovered on 31 January 1996, [1] that passed very close to Earth in March of that year. El cometa Hyakutake, formalmente C/1995 B2 fue descubierto en enero de 1996, y pasó cerca de la Tierra en marzo del mismo año. He discovered Hyakutake while observing another comet he had discovered weeks earlier C/1995 Y1. Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake Comet Hale-Bopp The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. 百武彗星（ひゃくたけすいせい、Comet Hyakutake; C/1996 B2）は、1996年1月に、日本のアマチュア天文家でコメットハンター（彗星捜索家）の百武裕司が発見した彗星。 Added a link to The Great Canadian Hairy Star Party home page created by ScienceWeb in Canada.
Comet Hyakutake Crosses the Orbit of Mars (Ron Baalke - March 1, 1996). Halley's Comet or Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, [2] is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years. Comet Hyakutake, long-period comet that, because of its relatively close passage to Earth, was observed as one the brightest comets of the 20th century.It was discovered on January 30, 1996, by the Japanese amateur astronomer Hyakutake Yuji, using large binoculars., using large binoculars. As the comet gets closer to the Sun, some of the ice starts to melt and boil off, along with particles of dust. Comet Hyakutake On Track (Sky & Telecope - March 1, 1996). Photograph of Comet Hyakutake I took on the evening of April 16, 1996. [13] ESO Detects Ion Tail (ESO - March 1, 1996). Hyakutake apareció como un objeto muy brillante en el cielo nocturno y pudo ser visto … The orbits of the Earth and this brightening comet are shown in the above diagram. The bright region near the Sun is a coronal mass ejection. Comet Hyakutake's Orbit Credit: Eric Frappa, Saint-Etienne Planetarium, France Explanation: Where did Comet Hyakutake come from? Perihelion: 1996 May 1.40, q = 0.230 AU . [2] [10] [11] [12] Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime. Comet Hyakutake's Orbit / nasa.gov It was first spotted by amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake in southern Japan through a set of powerful binoculars in Kagoshima Prefecture. These particles and gases make a cloud around the nucleus, called a … Comet Hyakutake will not venture near the Sun again for another about 15,000 years. Comet Hyakutake had a highly inclined orbit (i=124.9°) and passed very close (≈0.1 AU) to the Earth in the Spring of 1996. But while we were waiting, another comet came by and provided another stunning show. The Comets orbit the Sun just like planets and asteroids do, except a comet usually has a very elongated orbit. Comet Hyakutake, as imaged by the C3 coronagraph of the Naval Research Laboratory's LASCO instrument on the SOHO spacecraft on 2 May 1996. "Comet Hyakutake could have passed through the solar system many times before," said Dr. Brueckner, who is also head of the NRL's Solar Physics Branch, "How many times remains a mystery."