A comet is expected to hit Earth in 2013 has just been found. The comet was discovered using a telescope specifically designed to hunt 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 named C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), at night, exactly 5 and 6 June.
This discovery then followed a thorough observations using other instruments the next day. An estimated distance of the comet about 30 million miles (50 million kilometers) in February or March 2013.
Over a distance of closest approach to Earth, about two years, C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) can be seen in the western sky after sunset, 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, Richard Wainscoat.
Currently C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) the distance is about 700 million miles from the sun, precisely on the orbit of Jupiter. Details are obtained because the telescope has a sensitive electronic detector technology.
Pan-STARRS a dangerous comet was discovered by scanning the sky 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.
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