Today, 29 years ago, on March 25, 1996 (February 7, 1996 in the Lunar calendar), the Comet Comet reached nearby. Comet Comet Comet reached nearby on March 25, 1996, with about 0.1 astronomical units, i.e. 15 million kilometers, 40 times the distance from Earth to the moon. The star is similar in size to the Halley Comet, with a diameter of 10 kilometers above, and a cycle of rotating around the Sun of about 1.8 million years, was first discovered by Japanese amateur astronomers at the end of 1995.