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Newspaper Articles and Press Reports

Around the time of close approach, there were a lot of reports in the news about comet Wirtanen. Here are links to a number of them.


Publication Date Article
Big Island News 24 Dec 2018 View Of Christmas Comet Wirtanen Captured
Science news 24 Dec 2018 ALMA Takes Close Look at Comet 46P/Wirtanen
NASA Press release 20 Dec 2018 NASA Telescopes Take a Close Look at the Brightest Comet of 2018
NRAO Press release 20 Dec 2018 ALMA Gives Passing Comet Its Close-up
UA News 20 Dec 2018 UA Researcher Captures Rare Radar Images of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
CNET 20 Dec 2018 NASA telescopes snap Christmas comet, the brightest of 2018
Keck Observatory press release 19 Dec 2018 Comet Hunters Successfully Observe Wirtanen With Newly Modernized Instrument At W. M. Keck Observatory
New York Times 15 Dec 2018 A Bright Green 'Christmas Comet' Will Fly the Closest to Earth in Centuries
Space.com 15 Dec 2018 How to See Ghostly Green Comet 46P/Wirtanen Fly by Earth This Weekend
Washington Post 14 Dec 2018 The year's brightest comet will zip past Earth this weekend and may be visible to naked eye
WBHM 14 Dec 2018 Comet Passing is "Space Mission in Reverse"
Space.com 13 Dec 2018 Geminid Meteor Shower and Shining Comet 46P/Wirtanen Star in Slooh Webcast: How to Watch
Forbes 11 Dec 2018 Comet Wirtanen Will Streak To Within 7 Million Miles Of Earth Next Weekend

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NASA ScienceCast Video: Wirtanen: You Light Up Our Night

NASA ScienceCast Video: Close Approach Comets

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