库克预言，这颗极其明亮的麦克诺特彗星C/2009 R1绝对会让我们的肉眼“不枉此看”。

Cook predicts the especially bright Comet McNaught C/2009 R1 will put on a worthy show for the unaided eye.

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以首次发现它的澳大利亚天文学家的名字所命名的麦克诺特彗星C/2009 R1，其明亮强度每四年左右出现一次，库克说。

The intensity of brightness seen in Comet McNaught C/2009 R1—named after the Australian astronomer who first spotted it in September 2009—only occurs once every four years or so, Cook said.

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由罗伯特·麦克诺特去年发现，这个绕太阳运行的冰块将在下周经过地球，并将在7月上旬靠近太阳时持续融化，在其轨道上洒下碎屑。

Discovered by Robert McNaught last year, the sun-orbiting iceberg will pass the Earth next week and will continue to melt and shed debris as it closes in on the sun until early July.

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