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Comet P/2016 BA14, Comet 256P/LINEAR
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Comet 252P/LINEAR, Comet F/2016 BA16
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Comet 252P/LINEAR, Comet P/2016 BA14
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Comet 252P/LINEAR will safely fly past Earth on 21 March 2016, at a range of about 3.3 million miles (5.2 million kilometres). The following day, comet P/2016 BA14 will safely fly by our planet at a distance of about 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometres), or 9.2 times the Earth-Moon distance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Comets are grouped into two classes: the short-period comets, which orbit the sun in 200 years or less, and the long-period comets, with periods greater than 200 years. A subset of the short-period comets is the Jupiter family of comets with orbits less than 20 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Haley’s Comet is famous for being visible to most by the naked eye during its approach and its short orbital period. Its officially designation is 1P/Halley. The Comet Hale-Bopp is perhaps the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
Detailed explanation-4: -Comets spend most of their lives far away from the Sun in the distant reaches of the solar system. They primarily originate from two regions: the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud.