2026-05-15 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-05-14)

☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 30.03 km/s (-0.06 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 147 days
- Brightness (Mag): 15.01 (+0.01)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 291,722,453.26 km (-42,409.98 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.95 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 13.11 s (-0.14 s)

#88P #Howell #Comet #Space

2026-05-15 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-05-14)

☄️C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
- Barycentric speed: 47.98 km/s (-0.52 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth - occurred
- Brightness (Mag): 10.60 (+0.18)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 145,700,282.45 km (+5,129,282.90 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.97 (+0.03)
- Light travel time: 8 min 6.02 s (+17.11 s)

#C2025R3 #PanSTARRS #Comet #Space

First Touchdown Site of Comet Lander

This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko marks the first touchdown point of the Philae lander of the European Space Agency Rosetta mission. The image was taken by on Sept. 14, 2104, nearly two months before Philae Nov. 12 landing.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18875
Credit: Copyright: ESA/Rosetta/OSIRIS/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

#comet #rosetta #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

2026-05-14 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-05-13)

☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 30.09 km/s (-0.06 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 148 days
- Brightness (Mag): 15.00 (+0.01)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 291,764,863.24 km (-39,304.91 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.95 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 13.25 s (-0.13 s)

#88P #Howell #Comet #Space