TRIBUNTORAJA.COM – Recently, the world of science was shocked by the presence of a new comet discovered by Hideo Nishimura, an amateur astronomer from Japan.
The comet, named C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), was discovered on August 12 in a 30-second photo shoot with a standard digital camera.
Quoting from NASA, the light of C/2023 P1 Nishimura is increasing and its path across the inner Solar System has been determined.
As the comet dives toward the Sun, it will continue to increase in light and will likely become an object visible to the naked eye in early September.
The problem is, this comet will also be near the Sun, so it can only be seen at sunset or at sunrise.
This comet will be so close to the Sun (in the orbit of the planet Mercury) that the comet’s core can rupture.
Calculations of its orbit show that the comet will reach its closest approach to Earth on September 12 at 78 million miles (125 million km), just five days less than its closest approach to the sun.
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Can it be seen in Indonesia?
Quoting from Kompas.com, Research staff at the Bosscha Observatory, West Java, Agus Triono said that Comet Nishimura will be at the closest point to Earth on September 12 2023.
On that date, Nishimura’s Comet will be visible to humans from Earth, including Indonesia.
2023-09-08 05:03:43
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