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The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025, but it’s too early to tell, said Bill Cooke, lead of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Meteoroid ...
Where the best viewing conditions for the green comet are right now. How to see the green comet. How to spot green comet if you missed it today. Thursday 2 February 2023 04:08, Anthony Cuthbertson.
The comet, thought to be a "sungrazer" due to its closeness to the sun, may come within 81.8 million miles of the planet on Oct. 24 if it survives its journey, reports LiveScience.
The comet has a retrograde orbit, lying at an inclination of 139°. Τhe comet had its perihelion on 27 September 2024, at a distance of 0.391 AU. Τhe closest approach to Earth was on 12 October 2024, at a distance of 0.47 AU. The comet does not approach close to the giant planets of the Solar System. [10]
Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. [11] [12] [13] Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, 1995, before it became visible to the naked eye.
The green comet will pass within 26 million miles of Earth on 1 February; however, it is already visible to people in the Northern Hemisphere with binoculars or telescopes under the right viewing ...
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun.It is potentially the brightest comet of 2025, [6] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [5]
The ‘green comet’ is now visible from Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. Watch as a green comet flies by Earth. Friday 3 February 2023 07:59, Josh Marcus. Watch as a green comet flew ...