Meaning of Tsuchinshan-ATLAS | Babel Free

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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2024.

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“Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, causing the ball of ice to sprout a diffuse tail.”

“With an orbit of 80,000 years, Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was last visible from our planet during the era of the Neanderthals, according to NASA.”

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