Two Comets From the Far Reaches of the Solar System Will Be Visible in the Sky Ahead of Halloween
The sky has been putting on a veritable show lately, with eclipses and gorgeous auroras stretching much further south recently. Due to increased solar activity. But soon we’re going to get another cosmic show, this time in the form of two comets which are expected to pass Earth before Halloween.
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00:00The sky has been putting on a veritable show lately, with eclipses and gorgeous auroras
00:08stretching much further south due to increased solar activity.
00:11But soon we're going to get another cosmic show, this time in the form of two comets,
00:16which are expected to pass Earth before Halloween.
00:19Comet C-2023-A3 should be visible to humans for upwards of two weeks starting October
00:2512th.
00:26In fact, this video of that comet was recently captured by NASA.
00:29Meanwhile, the other C-2024-S1 will initially be viewable on October 24th.
00:35What's wild about that one is it was just discovered on September 27th, likely having
00:39emerged from the Oort cloud in the far reaches of the solar system.
00:43It also may be short-lived as well.
00:45Experts say that on its orbital path around the sun, it will likely pass within just one
00:49million miles of it before swinging back to Earth around Halloween.
00:52However, during close passes like that, the comet may disintegrate and off-gas a ton of
00:57its icy material, which is responsible for a comet's iconic tail, meaning maybe we'll
01:01see it again and maybe not.
01:03And while one of them will make a close flyby of the sun, neither will come anywhere near
01:07our planet.
01:08The first will only zip within 44 million miles of us, with the second only coming within
01:1380 million miles.