A rare green comet, last seen around 50,000 years ago, is due to make its closest pass by Earth.
Called C/2022 E3 , this celestial object hails from the Oort cloud at the outermost edge of the Solar System.The icy ball orbits the sun once every 50,000 years, which means the last time it went past the planet was during Stone Age – when Neanderthals roamed the Earth.
“Its path across our sky is taking it through the constellation of Draco the dragon and will be passing between the two bears, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, in late January and into early February.”Its green glow is a result of ultraviolet radiation from the sun lighting up the gases surrounding the comet’s surface.
Dr Brown told PA: “While it may yet become possible to see it with the unaided eye from an extremely dark site, you are much better off pointing a pair of binoculars or a small telescope at it.
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