This is probably the first and last appearance of a comet in our part of the universe.
The unusual Comet C/2023 P1 has attracted the attention of scientists around the world – it was first discovered on August 11 by Hideo Nisshimura in Japan using a digital camera. Comet Nishimura is already wowing dedicated astronomers and astrophotographers.
As you know, most comets come from a region called the Oort Cloud near the outer limits of our solar system. Large, dirty, rocky snowballs usually make very long journeys from there around the Sun, traveling in elongated orbital paths, taking decades or centuries. Will fly by Earth in September a comet C/2023 P1 with an unusual green glow around the nucleus, which was first noticed by Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura, informs Live Science.
The comet has a hyperbolic orbit C/2023 P1. This may mark its first and last appearance in our part of the universe, and makes the comet the third known interstellar object to be discovered in our immediate vicinity, after ‘Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov.
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The comet is now visible through a telescope.. It has an apparent magnitude of about 8, meaning the object is clearly visible to be observed. Astronomers estimate that the comet will become brighter when it reaches an apparent magnitude of 5 to 3. In this case, the object will shine in the night sky like a star.
Astronomers expect that The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on September 13, and to the Sun on September 18. At the same time, the future of the object is now difficult to accurately predict: experts do not know whether the comet will leave the solar system, or the powerful forces of solar radiation will tear it apart.
Photo: NASA/Dan Bartlett
Interest among scientists has aroused unusual green glow of a cloud of gas and dust around the comet’s nucleus. This unusual color is associated with dicarbon molecules that break down when exposed to sunlight.
Astronomers are slowly unraveling the mysteries of comet C/2023 P1 as it approaches Earth.
By the way, astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet at a distance of 262 light years from Earth, resembling Saturn in size and mass.
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