Rare green comet will pass near the Earth after about 50,000 years, glimpse will be seen next week

A rare bright comet will pass near Earth next week. People interested in space phenomena can catch a glimpse of this rare green comet on Wednesday and Thursday next week. However, it can be seen clearly with the help of binoculars and telescope. It is being called C/2022 E3 and it has not passed near Earth for about 50,000 years.

A comet often appears as a white flame in the night sky, but its green color is rare. Its glimpse is likely to be visible on Wednesday or Thursday next week. It can be seen even without binoculars or a telescope. Astronomers told It means that it will pass at a distance of 2.5 light minutes or 27 million miles from the Earth. It is traveling far from the Oort Cloud, a large ball of debris surrounding our solar system. This comet was discovered by astronomers Frank Masci and Bryce Bolin using the Zwicky Transient Facility on March 2 last year. A comet is made of ice and dust. As it gets closer to the Sun, its ice and dust begin to evaporate.

It reached its closest point to the Sun, also known as its perihelion, on January 12. According to reports, this comet will come close to the Sun by about 16 crore kilometers. After this it will move towards the Earth and as per the estimates so far, it will come closest to our Earth on 2nd February. It is being told that when C/2022 E3 comes closest to the Sun, then it can be seen with the help of a telescope. If it continues to shine as brightly as it is, then when it comes closer to the Earth, you will be able to see it at night without the help of binoculars or a telescope.

According to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the American space agency NASA, the period of this comet is about 50,000 years. This means that the last time this comet came as close as 42 million kilometers to the Earth, our planet was in the Paleolithic period. Right now this comet is passing through the inner solar system.