It\u0027s been a long time since Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) whizzed by earth. A looooooooong time.
– Comets are large bodies made of dust and ice. They orbit the sun in elliptical paths, accelerating as they approach perihelion , and slow somewhat as they recede to the far outer reaches of the solar system.Article content
– The frozen core of a comet, known as a nucleus, is usually less than 10 miles wide. That’s about the size of a small city, or the volume of a single extremely large mountain. – Comet C/2022 E3 was discovered by two astronomers on March 2, 2022. They were using the Zwicky Transient Facility, made up of an ultrasensitive camera attached to the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California’s Palomar Mountain Range.
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