Make a note of the newly discovered comet with the lengthy name of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS): as it gets closer to the Sun and our planet, it could shine brighter in Earth's night sky than many stars.
At its closest point to Earth, the comet's magnitude could reach an even more dazzling -0.2, which would make it one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Add in the effects of forward scattering, where the dust and ice of the comet reflects the light from the Sun, and weUnless its rendezvous with a star doesn't rip it to shreds before it swings back out on its way into the outer Solar System, that is.
Astronomers first spotted C/2023 A3 on January 9, 2023, from the Purple Mountain Observatory in China. It was then thought to be lost before being picked up again by the team at theAs a result, it gets both institute names in its own name .for comets on an open trajectory , 2023 is the discovery year, and A3 shows this was the third discovery in the first half of January .
Despite the uncertainty, it's an exciting prospect for astronomers, and we're likely to hear a lot more about C/2023 A3 over the months ahead.
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