by APOD Robot » Wed Nov 06, 2024 5:07 am
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Dolomites
Explanation: Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is now headed back to the outer
Solar System. The massive dusty snowball put on
quite a show during its trip near the Sun, resulting in many impressive pictures from
planet Earth during October. The
featured image was taken in mid-October and shows a defining visual feature of the comet -- its impressive
anti-tail. The image captures Comet
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) with
impressively long dust and
ion tails pointing up and away from the Sun, while the
strong anti-tail -- composed of more massive dust particles -- trails the comet and points down and (nearly) toward the recently-set
Sun. In the foreground is village of
Tai di Cadore,
Italy, with the tremendous
Dolomite Mountains in the background. Another comet,
C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), once a candidate to rival Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas in brightness,
broke up last week during its close approach to our Sun.
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