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Press release from St. Louis Science Center:
March 26, 2022
On this date in 1996, the comet Hyakutake made its closest approach to Earth, passing just 0.1 AU away. This comet was discovered on January 31, 1996 and passed by Earth only a few months later. One of the most surprising discoveries made during this approach was the emission of X-rays, which had never been detected from a comet before.
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