Image courtesy of: European Space Agency.
A green
comet is on its way to Earth, it is called re Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. A rare,
formerly-horned comet that astronomers have dubbed the "Mother of
Dragons" is now visible after dusk in the Northern Hemisphere.
It is a city
wide comet, it has a nucleus measuring 17 kilometres or 10,5 miles across and
orbits the sun in an elliptical shape. Recent observations of the comet have
revealed a hidden spiral of light surrounding its frigid heart.
This
"Halley-type" comet, officially known as, completes a single
orbit around the sun once every 71 years. The last time it passed by Earth was
in 1954, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Source:
Jennifer Nalewicki, 2024, Explosive green 'Mother of Dragons' comet now visible in the Northern Hemisphere (msn.com) 3. April.
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