Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Yakawanwa nemifananidzo naRichard M. West, weEuropean Southern Observatory, pana August 10, 1975. Iyo kometi yakauya kuperihelion (kuva pedyo zvikuru neZuva) pana February 25, 1976. Munguva yeperihelion kometi yakanga iine kunonoka kwezuva kuduku kwe6.4° uye somugumisiro wokupararira mberi yakasvika pakakwirira kunooneka kwe -3. Kubvira pana February 25 kusvikira kuna 27, vacherekedzi vakashuma kuti kometi yakanga yakajeka zvakakwana kuti idzidzwe mukati mezuva rakazara. Pasinei nokupenya kwayo, Comet West yakanyanya kusataurwa nezvayo mumapepanhau akakurumbira. Ikoku kwakanga kuri nemhaka yokuratidzira kunonyadzisa kweKohutek Comet muna 1973, iyo yakanga yafanotaurwa zvikuru kuva yakatanhamara zvikuru: masayendisiti akanga achingwarira kuita fungidziro dzingasimudza kariro dzavanhu.  Mubvunzo: Ndirini apo Kometi West yakatanga kuwanwa nemifananidzo?
Musi waAugust 10, 1975