01-10-2024, 12:51 PM
How to see the ‘comet of the century’ this week
Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) last visited 80,000 years ago.
A comet that visits the solar system every 80,000 years is set to pass Earth in the coming days, in what some astronomers are describing as the “comet of the century”. First discovered in January last year, the Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) is finally becoming visible to the naked eye as its trajectory takes it closer to the Sun.
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/come...21286.html
Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) last visited 80,000 years ago.
A comet that visits the solar system every 80,000 years is set to pass Earth in the coming days, in what some astronomers are describing as the “comet of the century”. First discovered in January last year, the Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) is finally becoming visible to the naked eye as its trajectory takes it closer to the Sun.
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/come...21286.html