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Amazing TimeLapse Of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF Project
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to Earth at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away.
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Rare, green comet to pass by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years
Named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the comet has an orbit around the sun that passes through the outer reaches of the solar system, which is why it's taken such a long journey -- and long time -- to swing by ...
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Rare illusion gives 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years
The most notable examples were the green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which developed an anti-tail as it passed by Earth in January 2023, and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a.k.a. the devil comet, which ...
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Astronomers detect new polar cataclysmic variable
The new polar, which received the designation ZTF J0112+5827, has an orbital period of approximately 81 minutes. The finding is detailed in a research paper published on the arXiv preprint server.