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C/2020 X3, spotted by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), is part of the Kreutz family, a group of comets with related orbits that broke off of a giant comet several centuries ago. This image, taken by the LASCO C2 camera on SOHO, shows comet C/2020 X3 in the bottom left-hand corner. Image credit: NASA / ESA / SOHO. C/2020 X3 was discovered by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod on the NASA-funded Sungrazer project, a citizen science project that invites anyone to search for and discover new comets in SOHO images. Boonplod spotted the comet on December 13, 2020, the...

[3], or SOHO. (left) The LASCO C2 camera on the ESA/NASA SOHO observatory shows comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) in the bottom left-hand corner. (right) A composite image of the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, based on 65 frames taken by Andreas Möller (Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V.) in Piedras del Aguila, Argentina, and processed by Jay Pasachoff and Roman Vanur. (ESA/NASA/SOHO/Andreas Möller (Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V.)/processed by Jay Pasachoff and Roman Vanur/Joy Ng. Eclipse image used with permission) Boonplod discovered the comet on December 13th, the day before the eclipse. He knew the eclip...

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Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse Details 18 December 2020 Share This As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet. As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet. This comet was first spotted in satellite data by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod on t...

The coronavirus pandemic will leave some eclipse chasers in the dark for the total solar eclipse of 2020 Space 12/12/2020 Doris Elin Urrutia © Provided by Space The moon completely blocks the sun, revealing its faint corona, during the total solar eclipse of 2019, in Chile. Eclipse chasers are so enthusiastic about solar eclipses that they rarely miss these celestial events, even if they have to travel across the world to view them. But the coronavirus outbreak has halted their plans for the one and only total solar eclipse of the year.  On Monday (Dec. 14), the total so...