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A comet returns to our skies after 50,000 years

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  • 10 January 2023
  • Raoul Behrend
    • Sciences, UNIGE
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), a completely icy pebble measuring one kilometer in diameter, invites itself into our solar system. This phenomenon only occurs every 50,000 years. Astronomers see this young comet as a remnant of the formation of our solar system.

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