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It will reach perihelion on 10 March 2025 at 3.432 AU (513.4 million km) from the Sun. [4] [5] 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.
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) (source of the April Lyrids) is expected to come to perihelion. [64] 2284 Perihelion of Comet Halley. [65] Previous perihelion passages were in 1986, 2061, 2134, and 2209. 2287 C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield) (suspected source of the July Pegasids) is expected to come to perihelion. [66] 2287 August 28
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a partially disintegrated non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun. Dubbed the Great Comet of 2025 , it is currently the brightest comet of 2025, [ 6 ] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [ 5 ]
On Jan. 13, the comet is expected to reach perihelion (its closest point to the Sun). At this time, the comet will come within approximately 8.3 million miles of the Sun. The same day, it's also ...
At perihelion, Earth is roughly 91.4 million miles away from the sun. On average, the planet is separated from the sun by a distance of approximately 93 million miles.
“Wicked 2” has changed its release date, bumping up five days to open Nov. 21, 2025. The sequel was previously slated for Nov. 26, 2025, which would have put it up against Disney’s ...
The trip to Jupiter also made for a long mission, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years to first solar perihelion, 8 years to second. Following the appointment of Sean O'Keefe as Administrator of NASA, the entirety of the OPSP program was canceled as part of President George W. Bush 's request for the 2003 United States federal budget . [ 26 ]
Here's what to know about the "Dune" prequel series that's set 10,000 years before the events of the films starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.