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Comet NEOWISE's retrograde orbit crossed to the north of the plane of the ecliptic, to which it is inclined at approximately 129 degrees, on June 29, 2020, 01:47 UT. [ 13 ] [ 34 ] It made its closest approach to the Sun ( perihelion ) on July 3, 2020, at a distance of 0.29 AU (43 million km; 27 million mi).
Comet WISE and Comet NEOWISE may refer to any comets below discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite between 2009 and 2024: Periodic comets
On 27 March 2020, the comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered by the WISE spacecraft. It eventually became a naked-eye comet and was widely photographed by professional and amateur astronomers. It was the brightest comet visible in the northern hemisphere since comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.
Stargazers have the opportunity to spot a rare object in the sky this month as a newly discovered comet flies through the inner solar system for the first time in 6,800 years. "Comet C/2020 F3 ...
Get out this week and look up to see Comet NEOWISE, the most spectacular comet in decades. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
2016 WF 9 is unusually dark for a near-Earth asteroid. It is possibly an extinct comet, but without the comet-like dust and gas cloud. [4] It was first observed on 27 November 2016 by NEOWISE, the asteroid-and-comet-hunting portion of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. [4]
C/2016 U 1 (NEOWISE) is a hyperbolic comet discovered 21 October 2016 by NEOWISE, the asteroid-and-comet-hunting portion of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The comet brightened to magnitude +6.8 [ 4 ] and could be observed with binoculars, [ 5 ] during the first week of 2017 and it was closest to the Sun on 14 ...
In comet nomenclature, the letter before the "/" is either "C" (a non-periodic comet), "P" (a periodic comet), "D" (a comet that has been lost or has disintegrated), "X" (a comet for which no reliable orbit could be calculated —usually historical comets), "I" for an interstellar object, or "A" for an object that was either mistakenly ...