· Joel Kontinen
A comet that is called C/2022
E3 WILL come near us in the future. On Thursday January 12 it will be at perihelion, its closest point to the sun when we see a coma.
The
comet could be visible near the northern sky constellation Corona Borealis and
then will move westward as time goes on. By Feb. 1, when the comet makes its
closest approach to Earth, at 45 million kilometres or 28
million miles the comet could be visible near the northern sky constellation
Corona Borealis, and then will move
westward as time goes on.
Many comets have
elliptical paths that bring them very close to the sun. A comet loses much of
its material each time it approaches the sun. It has been estimated that
a comet will loose all its mass in under 100 000 years. This is a serious problem
for the secular view of a 4.6 billion year old solar system. If the solar
system were that old, we should not see any comets.
Wendel. JoAnna. 2023. Rare green comet not seen since the Stone Age will
zoom overhead tonight. Here's how to watch. Live Science 12 January.
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