Seeing Comet C/2016 U1 NEOWISE fly by would be a rare opportunity for skygazers because the celestial body won't likely pass by Earth for the next thousands of years. Unlike short period comets such as Halley's, a comet which passes by our planet every 75 to 80 years, it would take C/2016 U1 NEOWISE far longer time before it gets to visit this region of the solar system again.
The object orbits the sun on an undefined hyperbolic orbit that is possibly millions of years long, which means that the comet's rendezvous with Earth may even be the comet's first visit through the inner solar system.
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