New comet will pass 108 million kilometers from Earth on January 17 – Puranoticia

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A new comet ‘Lovejoy’ will approach the Earth in the next few weeks, as reported by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC). Specifically, the rock will reach its perigee (its closest point to Earth) on January 17, reaching 108 million kilometers.

Just a year ago that ‘Lovejoy’ offered its spectacle in the sky. Now another comet, they have called ‘Catherine’ visits the planet with the beginning of 2016.

Experts have explained that Catalina is a special kite and very interesting from an astronomical point of view for several reasons. It is a new comet that resided in the Oort Cloud, a spherical cloud surrounding the solar system at a distance of sunlight year, due to a “gravity boost” produced by the passage of a nearby star is It precipitated the inner solar system.

The dynamic calculations indicate that it has passed its perihelion at high speed, therefore, escape the solar attraction deep into interstellar space. Scientists define it as “a vagabond who carries in her womb information genesis of our solar system.” From Earth only they have two months to try to meet him.

A campaign was organized like watching for the passage of ‘Lovejoy’. Thanks to the images obtained from the Observatorio del Teide (IAC) now know, for example, that the day of the comet Lovejoy lasts approximately 18 hours.

As for Catalina, which was discovered in 2013 Scientists point out that this is the first time you visit the Solar System and the latest estimates indicate that it has a hyperbolic orbit, therefore, will only its way to the Sun once. Catalina will leave the solar system after passing through the perihelion (closest approach to the Sun).

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