IF you’ve ever wanted to see a shooting star you stand a good chance this month. Experts think that Comet Atlas will soon be visible to the naked eye for people in the Northern Hemisphere. Co…
This dust and gas gets illuminated by the Sun as the comet travels closer to Earth.
Nasa recently featured a picture of the comet taken at the end of March as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.It was the last comet to be discovered in 2019.How to see Comet AtlasIt's predicted to be at its best at the end of April or the beginning of May.If you can wait until April 30, there's a chance you'll be able to see the comet with your naked eyes.Locate planet Venus and the bright star Capella and you should be able to spot the comet and its tail.
If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor. On Earth, it'll look like a streak of light in the sky, because the rock is burning upIf a meteoroid doesn't vapourise completely and survives the trip through Earth's atmosphere, it can land on the Earth. At that point, it becomes a meteoriteLike asteroids, a comet orbits the Sun.
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