page_title: C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
hierarchical_section_title: C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
caption_attribution_description: English: Orbit Diagram - Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) on 14 January 2017, closest approach to the Sun http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C/2016+U1;cad=1;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb &lt; ref name="JPL-20161230c"&gt;JPL Small-Body Database Browser (C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)).&#32;JPL&#32;(30 December 2016). Retrieved on 30 December 2016.&lt;/ref&gt; &lt; ref name="NASA-20161229"&gt;NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two.&#32;NASA&#32;(29 December 2016). Retrieved on 29 December 2016.&lt;/ref&gt;
context_page_description: C/2016 U₁ (NEOWISE) is a hyperbolic comet discovered 21 October 2016 by NEOWISE, the asteroid-and-comet-hunting portion of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. The comet may be visible to skywatchers on Earth, at an estimated +6th magnitude, during the first week of 2017 and will be closest to the Sun on 14 January 2017. It was closest to the Earth on 13 December 2016 at 106,000,000 km away; it is not considered a threat to Earth.
context_section_description: C/2016 U₁ (NEOWISE) is a hyperbolic comet discovered 21 October 2016 by NEOWISE, the asteroid-and-comet-hunting portion of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. The comet may be visible to skywatchers on Earth, at an estimated +6th magnitude (naked eye brightness), during the first week of 2017 and will be closest to the Sun on 14 January 2017. It was closest to the Earth on 13 December 2016 at 106,000,000 km (66,000,000 mi) away; it is not considered a threat to Earth.
caption: Orbit of C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) on 14 January 2017, closest approach to the Sun.[1][3]
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