NASA Photo ID: S73-37273           File Name: 10076396.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/27/73
Title: Artist's concept of trajectory of Comet Kohoutek to Sun and Earth
Description:
An artist's concept illustrating the trajectory of the newly-discovered
Comet  Kohoutek in relation to the Sun and to the Earth and the plane of
Earth's  orbit. The picture show's the position of Kohoutek on Christmas
Eve, 1973.  The Skylab space station in Earth orbit will provide a
favorable location  from which to observe the passing of the comet.                 

Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS                              
GRAPHIC ARTS                            
KOHOUTEK COMET                          
OBSERVATION                             
ORBITAL SPACE STATIONS                  
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
TRAJECTORIES                            
VISUAL AIDS                             

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