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A comet of ice and dust will pass the Earth and the Sun in January and February, AFP reports.
The greenish light phenomenon was last visible from Earth 50,000 years ago.
You only get a chance like this once in a lifetime.
A comet will whiz past the Sun and Earth in the coming weeks. It has been 50,000 years since it passed – then it was the Neanderthals who got to see it.
It consists of ice, dust and will give a greenish glow to the sky.
The comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and is named after the California-based Zwicky Transient Facility space project.
The comet was discovered last March, when it passed Jupiter. It is a full kilometer in diameter, which is smaller than the last one that passed the globe in March 2020.
However, this year’s comet will come closer – which astrologers say “compensates” for its small size. But close is still very far away. The distance will be approximately 42 million kilometers from the planet.
Can be seen with the naked eye
As closest to Earth, it will be February 1. And if the sky is clear, it will be visible with binoculars, or even with the eye.
But if it’s a full moon, it can be hard to see. For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, the best time may be when it is the new moon weekend of January 21-22.
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