Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...
Discovered in 2007, 333P/LINEAR is a periodic comet belonging to the Jupiter family, known for its relatively short orbital period. C/2024 G3 (ATLAS): Is expected to reach peak visibility on Jan ...
Rosanna Tilbrook, an astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, tells V.I.A. the comet likely originates from the Oort ...
They are associated with Comet 8P/Tuttle, a periodic comet that follows a 13.5-year elliptical orbit around the sun. Visibility will not be hindered for the 2025 Ursid meteor shower as the new ...
Amateurs and experts alike are set to experience a rare opportunity to view Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS. Discovered on April 5, last year by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in ...
The periodic nature of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks allows astronomers to predict its appearances and study its behaviour, offering valuable insights into comet dynamics and the evolution of the solar ...
It was followed for two months and orbital calculations revealed that the comet was a periodic object with an orbital period less than seven years. It wasn’t recovered in 1907, when it was not ...
"The first uppercase letter refers to the type of comet- here, the 'C' shows that this one is thought to not be periodic," she notes. "The 'G3' specifies the time of discovery even further ...