Take a look at how the newly discovered rare green comet named Nishimura passed the Earth for the first time this week!
A rare green comet passed the Earth’s skies (Photo: NPR)
Rare Green Comet Passed Earth Skies; Astronomers Expressed Excitement of its Visit
Fox News reported last week that the rare green comet named Nishimura was to pass the Earth’s skies.
The newly discovered rare green comet was named after the amateur Japanese astronomers who found it in August. The rare green comet is about a half-mile in size. The report stated that the rare green comet will pass within 78 million miles of Earth on September 12 and pass the Sun on September 17.
Many astronomers and space enthusiasts were excited about the rare green comet’s visit to our galaxy. Paul Chodas, one of NASA’s managers, expressed his excitement and stated that a good pair of binoculars is needed to be graced by the rare green comet.
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Did the Rare Green Comet Truly Passed the Earth’s Skies?
SPACE reports that, unfortunately, the rare green comet’s path would be swinging too close to the sun that it would be too bright to be observed from the Earth’s skies.
However, the joy and excitement of the astronomers did not die down as even a hard-to-spot to the naked eye is worth observing; how much more, a newly discovered rare green comet that visited the solar system for the first time in centuries?
