A comet that last passed by Earth about 50,000 years ago is coming around again and will make its closest pass on 2 February, at which point it may be visible with the naked eye
A rare green comet is about to make its closest pass by Earth. The comet, called C/2022 E3, spends most of its time on the outermost edges of the solar system, inThe close pass will bring the comet within about 45 million kilometres of Earth, about 120 times the distance between Earth and the moon or about one-fifth the average distance to Mars.
It only orbits the sun once every 50,000 years or so, so its last pass by our home planet was inThose early humans may have been able to see C/2022 E3 in the sky, and it is expected to be possible with this pass too, in areas in the northern hemisphere with little. It is located near the constellation Boötes, just to the east of the Little Dipper, and on 1 and 2 February it might be visible with the naked eye.
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