never crossing our own planet’s orbit. Credit: TheSkyLive.com 3D Solar System Viewer, Background Image: ESO/S. Brunier Why is Pons-Brooks being called the Devil Comet at all? Well, in late July ...

which has an orbit of 76 years around the sun, 12P/Pons-Brooks is a short-period comet, meaning one that has an orbital period of between 20 and 200 years. The devil comet travels on an orbital ...

Though it's been nicknamed the "devil comet," there's no reason to fear Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks as it careens through space and nears a closer orbit of Earth. With a core of dust and gas ...

A “devil comet” known for its occasional outbursts ... Sightings of the comet are rare because it takes 71 years to orbit around the sun. Denise Chow is a science and space reporter for ...

Jun. 30—Sky watchers disappointed that the total eclipse will skirt New Mexico on April 8 can find consolation in the "devil's comet," now visible in the western sky just after sunset.

The devil comet's average orbital speed is 4.5 miles a second (7.19 km/s) according to spacereference.org. It has an extremely long orbit of 71.3 years. Comets with an orbital period of 20 to ...

As if the spectacular sight of a rare total solar eclipse isn't enough, skygazers may catch a glimpse of another "horned" celestial display that could coincide on April 8 with the moon's orbit in ...

The comet 12P/Pons-Brooks takes 71 years to fly around the sun and will next reach perihelion — the point in its elliptical orbit when ... popular nickname: the "devil comet." ...

Read more: The Characteristics Of The Eight Planets The devil comet may have been millions of miles away at its closest pass-by of Earth, but it and other comets can orbit close to our planet for ...

Short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun, while long-period ... caused its coma to take the shape of a devil’s horns, leading it to be nicknamed the “devil comet.” ...

The Devil Comet won't be visible again until the 2090s ... that's part of how it took so long to find out this object's orbit to start to understand it. The gap between one person observing ...

But guess what — this comet may be called a devil, but is not a danger at all. The comet is headed toward Earth, but it does not intersect with its orbit that would lead to a collision.