Hazardous Comets Earth Approach in 2013

A comet is expected to hit Earth in 2013 has just been found. The comet was discovered using a telescope specifically designed tohunt dangerous asteroids.

As reported by the Livescience.com, the comet could be seen with the naked eye when the distance is very close to the earth.Telescopes Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1, detected a comet namedC/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), at night, exactly 5 and 6 June.

This discovery then followed a thorough observations using otherinstruments the next day. An estimated distance of the cometabout 30 million miles (50 million kilometers) in February or March2013.

Over a distance of closest approach to Earth, about two years,C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) can be seen in the western sky aftersunset, if weather is sunny.

"Comets have orbits that are close to parabolic, meaning that this may be the first time will never approach the sun and never come back," said researchers from the University of Hawaii, RichardWainscoat.

Currently C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) the distance is about 700million miles from the sun, precisely on the orbit of Jupiter. Detailsare obtained because the telescope has a sensitive electronicdetector technology.

Pan-STARRS a dangerous comet was discovered by scanning thesky to identify potentially dangerous asteroids and possibly hit the Earth. A few months into the future, astronomers will continue to study the comet. This is to get better predictions.