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Another October comet? Recently-discovered A11bP7I may be a Sun-grazing comet poised to put on a show in late October.

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Corey S. Powell1 year ago

Here's an early sighting of sungrazing comet A11bP7I by the Virtual Telescope. Perihelion coming in 4 weeks!

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Wright Dobbs1 year ago

I realize you have it with the constellations but do you have an edge on view so you can easily see which hemisphere is favored?

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Tony Dunn1 year ago

Here's a solar system edge-on view. This comet spends a grand total of 4 hours above the ecliptic. This favors the Southern Hemisphere, but the Northern hemisphere still gets a view.

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Southern cross1 year ago

Wow two comets in October! Will it be visible to the naked eye?

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SuchCurious1 year ago

Appreciate the hard work, I cannot thank you enough for sharing all these amazing details ✨

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Bruno1 year ago

@OakieJs and +1 comet

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Saint George Insurance Brokerage Inc.1 year ago

Yessss so cool!

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Natalia Virnina1 year ago

This one will not survive perihelion, it'll pass too close to the Sun. But the animation is very nice!

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Ixions1 year ago

Is there a risk of it being torn apart by the Sun as it swings by? Pretty close, very fast pass.

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JF Martel1 year ago

NASA Small-Body Database Lookup A11bP7I nothing? Your link show only a Earth?

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