“O3” is destined to become a visible comet-either through binoculars or possibly naked-eye-in early May, 2022. Seen for the first time in late July by a 71-inch PanSTARRS sky survey telescope at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, “O3” is in the constellation of Pegasus-the “great Square: thats now visible in high in the east after dark. Just reported is a new possibly bright comet called C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS). MORE FROM FORBES In Photos: NASA's $1 Billion Juno Mission At Jupiter Marks 10 Years-See Its Greatest Images By Jamie Carter Found: another new comet Observing the comet using the Lowell Discovery Telescope in Arizona and the Palomar Hale Telescope in California, the authors think the close call poses negligible risk to any spacecraft in orbit around Venus-specifically Japan’s Akatsuki orbiter.Īlthough it’s thought unlikely that the pass could cause a meteor shower on Venus, the authors suggest that it will be a good opportunity to study an otherwise unseen dust trail from a comet never before studied as close. It’s the closest known incident of a long period comet coming so close to any planet save for the 2014 encounter of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring and Mars, which produced a meteor shower on the red planet that could be seen by NASA spacecraft. Here's How To See Up To 50 'Shooting Stars' In An Hour By Jamie Carter MORE FROM FORBES This Year's Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be The Brightest For Years. It will then graze Venus with its dust trail less than two days later. ![]() ![]() ![]() On December 18, 2021, the authors predict that Comet Leonard will pass just 2.6 million miles/4.3 million kilometers from the second planet from the Sun. A paper has just been published that describes how close Comet Leonard will get to Venus-and it’s really close!
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