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Credit & Copyright: Wil Milan
Explanation:
Just possibly, a new
comet may become bright enough to see without
binoculars later this month.
Comet C/1999 S4 LINEAR is rapidly approaching both the
Earth and the
Sun from the outer
Solar System,
and should be at its brightest around 2000 July 25
in the early evening sky of northern observers.
The
comet was discovered
by chance by
project LINEAR last September.
The
above time-lapse sequence of Comet LINEAR was taken on 2000 July 2 from
Arizona
and shows the comet's movement over only 19 minutes.
Although
Comet LINEAR's positions will be known quite accurately,
the comet's future brightness and
tail length can only be guessed,
and it is quite possible that neither will become very impressive.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: comet - comet linear
Publications with words: comet - comet linear
See also:
- APOD: 2025 February 5 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill
- APOD: 2025 February 2 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates
- APOD: 2025 January 28 Á Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay
- APOD: 2025 January 26 Á The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS
- Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope
- APOD: 2025 January 21 Á Comet ATLAS over Brasilia
- APOD: 2025 January 20 Á Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun