Sharjah (WAM)
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Astronomical Society of the Emirates, said that the inhabitants of the Earth are in for a rendezvous with a major space phenomenon on February 1st next, when they will be able to see comet C 2022 E3 (ZTF ) by eye. naked, which is a long-term comet that orbits the sun once every 50 thousand years.
He added that the comet, discovered in March 2022, will reach its perihelion point on January 12 and be at its closest approach to Earth on February 1. Emphasizing that it can be observed between January 14 and February 16, when it is supposed to get brighter, so it becomes visible to the naked eye.
