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2. The last time this comet passed, Neanderthals roamed Earth ...

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   The Virtual Telescope Project will host a free live stream of the comet on its website and YouTube channel starting at 9 p.m. Mountain time/ 8 p.m. Pacific time. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which is ...

3. Observational history of comets - Wikipedia

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   The arrows could hit animals or people and were feared when walking at night. Comets were conceived as smoking stars and as bad omens, e.g., announcing the death of a ruler. [9] Ancient Chinese records of comet apparitions have been particularly useful to modern astronomers. They are accurate, extensive, and consistent over three millennia.

4. Historical comet observations in China - Wikipedia

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   The Chinese records are not only the most extensive from ancient times, they are also the most accurate, often to within half a degree of right ascension. Western measurements did not overtake them for accuracy until the fifteenth century: in 1456 AD Paolo Toscanelli tracked the progress of Halley's Comet to within a fraction of a degree. [3]

5. Lists of comets - Wikipedia

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   Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades. The official names of non-periodic comets begin with a "C"; the names of periodic comets begin with "P" or a number followed by "P". Comets that have been lost or disappeared have names with a "D". Comets whose ...

6. Watch as a green comet flies by Earth - AOL

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   Watch as a green comet flew past Earth for the first time in some 50,000 years before disappearing from our Solar System. The C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet is so rare that woolly mammoths and saber ...

7. New findings show ancient comet likely responsible for glass ...

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   The exploding comet also created tornado-force winds which hurtled the chunks of molten glass across the region. A comet glowing in the night sky just above the horizon. (Image/Alberto Agostini)

8. Great Comet of 371 BC - Wikipedia

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   Heinrich Kreutz was a German astronomer, [11] who claimed that the orbits of several sungrazing comets were related and likely produced when a large Sun-grazing comet fragmented hundreds of years previously. That group, known as the Kreutz Sungrazers, has produced some of the brightest comets ever observed, including X/1106 C1 and Comet Ikeya ...

9. Rare green comet last seen during time of Neanderthals ...

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   For the first time in 50,000 years, a rare green comet last seen during the Ice Age will be visible from Earth. The comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) ... Yahoo Sports. LeBron James scores season-low ...