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Originally Posted by pghnative
Yup, I definitely caught it. Last night was much better seeing, as it was visible naked eye.
Is Holmes inbound or outbound?
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It never comes within the Earth's orbit. It is just past perihelion so it is moving away from us. It's in the "Jupiter-belt" family of comets.
Aphelion distance: 5.183610 AU
Perihelion distance: 2.053218 AU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17P/Holmes