The comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is set to come closest to the Earth tonight
A comet set to come closest to Earth tonight could be visible with the naked eye, if you know where and what time to look.
The Oort Cloud comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was discovered in 2023, approaching the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first time in documented human history. But according to BBC Sky At Night, clear skies could make it possible to see the comet from mid-October.
"Comets are more fragile than people may realise, thanks to the effects of passing close to the sun on their internal water ice and volatiles such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide," said NASA astronomer Bill Cooke, who leads the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama.
"Savour the view," Cooke advised. "Because by early November, the comet will be gone again for the next 800 centuries."
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