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62P/Tsuchinshan. 62P/Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 1, is a periodic comet first discovered January 1, 1965 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking. [6] It last came to perihelion on 25 December 2023 at around apparent magnitude 8, [2] and was then 0.53 AU (79 million km) from Earth and 110 degrees from the Sun. [4]
Comet. Comet is an American digital broadcast television network owned by the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group [ 2] that focuses on science fiction, supernatural, horror, adventure and fantasy programming. The network was originally launched on October 31, 2015 as a joint venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
Anthony Cuthbertson,Graeme Massie and Vishwam Sankaran. February 2, 2023 at 8:18 PM. A green comet is flying past Earth for the first time in 50,000 years, offering skygazers a one-off opportunity ...
A zoomed-in image of Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) captured on Jan. 23, 2023. (Michael Borland) Celestial sleuths at th Comet E3 to make closest approach to Earth tonight
Luboš Kohoutek ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈkoɦou̯tɛk]; 29 January 1935 – 30 December 2023) was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. [ 2][ 3] He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae. [ 4]
Comet Nishimura is currently visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere. But it will be the most visible on Tuesday, Sept. 12, when it’s closest to Earth — a mere 78 million miles away.
Dimensions. ~5 km (3 mi) [ 1] C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. At that time, it was an 18th-magnitude object, located 2 AU (300 million km; 190 million ...
Comet – Comet is a digital multicast network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and operated by Amazon-owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through its MGM Television division; launched on October 31, 2015; the network features sci-fi and fantasy based programming sourced primarily from the MGM television and film library. Comet maintains affiliations ...