SPACE
Comet larger than Mount Everest visible to the naked eye
A comet larger than Mount Everest will be visible to the naked eye as makes its closest approach to the sun. The icy body 12P/Pons-Brooks completes its orbit once every 71 years. The icy comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, larger than Mount Everest makes its closest approach to the sun in 71 years.
The comet is named after French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons who discovered it in 1812, and British-American astronomer William Robert Brooks who observed it on its next orbit in 1883.
The comet is composed of dust and ice, which means it leaves a bright green tail behind it as it is heated by the sun.
