On April 1, comets will fly closest to Earth in history

The comet named 41P / Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak will fly over Earth with the closest distance from the time it was discovered on April 1.

This comet was first discovered in 1858 and rotated around the Sun every 5.5 years. With this year flying closest to Earth (about 21.2 million kilometers away), we will have the opportunity to see it closely.

Comet 41P belongs to a group of comets known as Jupiter Comet.(Illustration).

Northern hemisphere residents with small telescopes and even binoculars can see comets from dusk to dawn in more than half a month (from now until mid-April) when It passes through the constellation Ursa Major and Draco.

Day 1/4 is the comet day at the closest point to Earth since it was discovered more than 150 years ago.

Comet 41P belongs to a group of comets known as Jupiter Comet . They are held by Jupiter's tremendous gravity and fly in the orbit between Jupiter and the Sun.

Comet 41P is not really brilliant nor really big. When you observe it, you will see that it is just like Neptune in the night sky and your eyes are often difficult to observe.

However, according to scientists predict, this year the comet will probably explode strongly in brightness when approaching the Sun. This happened in May 1973 when the star reached the closest point to the Sun, making it visible to the naked eye.