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Rare supercomet to outshine Moon in 2013

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First spotted in September this year, the comet is known as C/2012 S1 (ISON), New Scientist reported.

Its closest approach to the Sun will be in November, when Timothy Spahr of the Minor Planet Center at Harvard University expects it to put on as good a show as Hale-Bopp did in 1997.

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First Published: Dec 25 2012 | 3:35 PM IST

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