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  • Don't Miss This Increasingly Rare Chance to See a Comet With The Naked Eye

    07/17/2020 11:32:37 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 62 replies
    www.sciencealert.com ^ | GARETH DORRIAN & IAN WHITTAKER, THE CONVERSATION 17 JULY 2020
    Neowise viewed from Germany, 14 July 2020. (SimgDe/Wikipedia/CC By SA 4.0) ====================================================================================== Neowise is the first bright comet to be visible with the naked eye from the Northern Hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Another thing that makes this comet interesting is that it has a relatively long orbital period, meaning it was only discovered a few months ago. Halley's comet, for example, takes about 75 years to return to the same position near Earth, meaning everybody has the opportunity to see it potentially twice during their lifetime. Neowise has an orbit of almost 6,800 years, meaning that the last generation of...