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Rare comet to be visible for the first time in 50,000 years
A recently discovered comet will be Earth’s newest visitor in the coming weeks as it makes its first appearance in the night sky in 50,000 years.
The comet is designated C/2022 E3 or ZTF after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted the comet passing Jupiter early last year while conducting its routine survey of the northern night sky from Palomar Observatory in San Diego, California.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) made its closest approach to the Sun on January 12 and is currently hurdling out of the inner Solar System, where it will subsequently pass nearest to Earth on February 2 at around 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) away, says NASA.
https://spaceexplored.com/2023/01/18/rare-comet-to-be-visible-for-the-first-time-in-50000-years/
A recently discovered comet will be Earth’s newest visitor in the coming weeks as it makes its first appearance in the night sky in 50,000 years.
The comet is designated C/2022 E3 or ZTF after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted the comet passing Jupiter early last year while conducting its routine survey of the northern night sky from Palomar Observatory in San Diego, California.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) made its closest approach to the Sun on January 12 and is currently hurdling out of the inner Solar System, where it will subsequently pass nearest to Earth on February 2 at around 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) away, says NASA.
https://spaceexplored.com/2023/01/18/rare-comet-to-be-visible-for-the-first-time-in-50000-years/