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What is Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the 'devil comet?' Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is one of the brightest known co m ets, coming around every 71 years, according to NASA. It earned the nickname of “devil ...
The total solar eclipse has passed, but there's more to see in the sky. The "devil comet" is passing by and can be seen just after sunset.
The comet will then make its closest pass of Earth on June 2, but it will be 139.4 million miles (224.4 million kilometers) away from our planet and won’t pose a risk.
Sky path of C/2014 UN 271 as seen from Earth. The comet is currently moving through the Southern hemisphere and will cross the celestial equator (yellow vertical line) in 2032. The apparent loops in the comet's path are caused by the annual motion of the Earth around the Sun.
The comet will make its closest pass of Earth on Sunday, but it will be more than 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) away from our planet and won’t pose a risk.
The comet will reach its peak brightness for skywatchers next year when it will be about 144 million miles away from Earth. There's a chance the Devil Comet might be visible to the naked eye, and ...
The comet at the time was a magnitude 19 object about 4.38 AU (655 million km) from Earth. Further observations indicated it had a diffuse coma about 4.5 arcseconds across and a straight tail. [ 1 ] At the time of discovery, it was assumed that this was a new comet from the Oort cloud , and with its very weak absolute magnitude (H=9), there was ...
It is the second known Solar System comet to become interstellar after experiencing a planetary encounter. [5] [1] C/1980 E1 (Bowell) reached a hyperbolic trajectory after an encounter with Jupiter on 9 December 1980. [6] [7] C/2024 L5 experienced a very close encounter at 0.0048 AU with Saturn on 24 January 2022.