Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), which flies over the Earth about once every 7 thousand years, as close to our planet on Thursday, July 23. About it reports RIA Novosti news Agency.
In the Moscow planetarium said that the brightest over the past seven years, the comet will approach earth at a 103,52 million kilometers. According to astronomers, glitter NEOWISE has already begun to weaken, and you can see it is not as good as in mid-July. Now the comet will be seen in the evening and in the first half of the night in the sky over North-Eastern horizon near the constellation of Auriga.
Previously, the comet NEOWISE took a picture of the Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner, who is currently on the International space station (ISS). “Pretty good you can see her tail from outer space, aboard the International space station!” — he signed photo.
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) — retrograde comet with a nearly parabolic orbit, discovered on 27 March 2020, the space infrared telescope NEOWISE. Its perihelion the comet was held on 3 July this year.
