#asteroids and comets

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comets of 2022

[mindblowingscience]

Webb telescope spots water in rare comet | CNN

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe a rare comet in our solar system that lives among asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The team made one scientific breakthrough and stumbled on a new mystery.

For the first time, water was detected in a main belt comet, or a comet located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The discovery came after 15 years of attempts by astronomers using different observation methods.

The space observatory detected water vapor around Comet Read, which suggests that water ice can be preserved in a warmer part of the solar system. A study detailing the findings was published Monday in the journal Nature.

Comets typically exist in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud, icy regions beyond the orbit of Neptune that can preserve some of the frozen materials left over from the formation of the solar system. The comets venture on long, oval-shaped orbits around the sun that can take thousands of years and have streaming tails that develop as the frigid objects occasionally pass close to the sun. Their fuzzy appearance and tails of material differentiate comets from asteroids.

But a rare subclass of comets called main belt comets are objects in the asteroid belt with circular orbits around the sun that periodically exhibit cometlike behavior, such as shedding material that creates a fuzzy appearance and a trailing tail.

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ATTENTION! 2023 comet! [C/2022 E3 (ZTF)]

There is a green comet coming that could be seen with a naked eye! 1st of febuary it is supposed to be at it's peak visibility that night as it's closest to the earth then!

This is just a reminder if you want to chek if you're in a place where it can be seen! i think it's north on the horizon on 1st.of2. But it's better chek for yourself as i'm sure your local news have done a thing for it!

Let's hope we see it!

[fuzzytimes1]

The green comet will swing past Earth for the first time in 50,000 years

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — A recently discovered green comet will soon pass Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last seen in the night sky in the Stone Age. The comet was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient…

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[erebusvincent]

A green comet will appear in the night sky for the first time in 50,000 years | CNN

A recently discovered comet will soon make its appearance in January's night sky for the first time in 50,000 years. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun on January 12.

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[andersdakin1]

'Rail cars' of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid | CNN

‘Rail cars’ of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft slammed into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, the impact certainly left a mark. The intentional collision, which took place on September 26 as a test of asteroid deflection technology,…

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'Rail cars' of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid | CNN

‘Rail cars’ of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft slammed into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, the impact certainly left a mark. The intentional collision, which took place on September 26 as a test of asteroid deflection technology,…

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