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aside, every stargazer dreams of seeing a comet in the night sky with their naked eyes. That dream appeared to be on the cusp of reality, with reports in May that Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wasComet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a long-period comet that comes into the inner solar system to loop around the sun once every 80,000 years. It appears to come from the Oort Cloud—a sphere around our solar system home to millions of comets.
From the northern hemisphere, it was predicted to be easiest to see in the nights after September 27, when Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS would have been visible in the southwest just after sunset. Its orientation means it's possible that its tail, comprised of ice and dust, reflects light toward Earth, making it appear brighter. Astronomers call this forward scattering.Biden Vs.
“I expect that the object will disappear and cease to exist as an active comet before perihelion,” writes Sekanina, though the fate of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is not yet sealed. “It is definitely a testable theory and another good reason to observe this comet at every opportunity,” said Nick James, director of the Comet Section of the British Astronomical Association, to—was first discovered by astronomers at China’s Purple Mountain Observatory in January 2023, and later re-found by the Asteroid TerrestrialImpact Last Alert System search station in Sutherland, South Africa in February 2023. At that time, it was over seven Earth-sun distances away.
Bright Comet Comet NEOWISE Naked Eye Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) C/2023 A3 Comet A3
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