Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be leaving the solar system
Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been predicted to have a period of 50,000 years, but there’s a chance it's racing out of the solar system.
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Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been predicted to have a period of 50,000 years, but there’s a chance it's racing out of the solar system.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn't been this close to Earth in 50,000 years since the last Ice Age and prior to the extinction of the Neanderthals.
This celestial sighting is a bit like space-speed dating. Astronomers only just learned of Comet C/2022 E3's existence, and it will be gone before we know it. Learn how it was discovered and why a naked-eye comet is rare.
We won’t have the best view in the world, but you won’t get a second chance to see this sight.
A solar coronal mass ejection may have generated Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3tail )'s magnetic reconnection.