On December 29, 2016, NASA call 2016 WF9 to the attention of the public at large by issuing the press release titled "NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two."The press release reported information about the comet C/2016 U1 NEOWISE and 2016 WF9 including information on an unremarkable closeapproach and stated: "The trajectory of 2016 WF9 is well understood, and the .