Over the next few months, a long-invisible object will become visible in the night sky, he says IFLScience.
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in California discovered a previously unknown comet in March 2022. The object is estimated to make a complete revolution around the Sun in 50,000 years, meaning it was last seen during the Paleolithic era superior. It was then that modern humans began expanding into Eurasia, where Neanderthals still lived.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Dec 28 2022 4.30 UT 25x100sec 12″/4 Nikon Z6mod Michael Jäger pic.twitter.com/znxHNlZGe6
— Michael Jäger (@Komet123Jager) December 28, 2022
AC/2022 E3 (ZTF) is currently too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but will become visible in January or February 2023. The comet will be closest to the Sun on January 12 and closest to our planet on February 1. The object will probably not be as spectacular as the Neowise 2020-ban.
