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Comet NEOWISE

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. At that time, it was an 18th-magnitude object, located 2.0 AU (300 million km; 190 million mi) away from the Sun and 1.7 AU (250…

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Alternative designations
CK20F030
Aphelion
538 AU (inbound) 710 AU (outbound)
Apparent magnitude
0.5–1.0 (2020 apparition)
Argument of periapsis
37.279°
Comet total magnitude (M1)
7.5–12.1
Dimensions
~5.0 km (3.1 mi)

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Comet NEOWISE

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Comet NEOWISE

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related to External links · 26
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Comet NEOWISE → As, AU, Comet NEOWISE's, Earth, It, Its, July, June, On July, Oort, Solar System, Sun, The, This, Ursa Major, UTC
related to history · 15
Comet NEOWISE → April, AU, C/2020 F3, Earth, It, Its, July, March, NEOWISE, Sun, The, This, Ursa Major, UTC, WISE
related to In popular culture · 4
Comet NEOWISE → Dibiasky, Don't Look Up, NEOWISE, The
Alternative designations · 1
Comet NEOWISE → CK20F030
Aphelion · 1
Comet NEOWISE → 538 AU (inbound) 710 AU (outbound)
Apparent magnitude · 1
Comet NEOWISE → 0.5–1.0 (2020 apparition)
Argument of periapsis · 1
Comet NEOWISE → 37.279°
Comet total magnitude (M1) · 1
Comet NEOWISE → 7.5–12.1
Dimensions · 1
Comet NEOWISE → ~5.0 km (3.1 mi)

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comet 2020 july neowise sun km mi earth perihelion magnitude au million visible orbital period approach orbit also f3 great

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Comet NEOWISEAlternative designationsCK20F0301.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEAphelion538 AU (inbound) 710 AU (outbound)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEApparent magnitude0.5–1.0 (2020 apparition)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEArgument of periapsis37.279°1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEComet total magnitude (M1)7.5–12.11.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEDimensions~5.0 km (3.1 mi)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEDiscovered byNEOWISE1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEDiscovery dateMarch 27, 20201.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEEarth MOID0.362 AU1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEEccentricity0.999211.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEEpochJuly 6, 2020 (JD 2459036.5)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEInclination128.94°1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEJupiter MOID0.813 AU1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISELast perihelion3 July 20201.00infobox
Comet NEOWISELongitude of ascending node61.010°1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEMean anomaly0.0003°1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISENumber of observations1,3151.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEObservation arc1.2 years (438 days)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEOrbital period~4,500 yrs (inbound) ~6,800 yrs (outbound)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEPerihelion0.295 AU1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISESemi-major axis270 AU (inbound) 355 AU (outbound)1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISESynodic rotation period7.58±0.03 hours1.00infobox
Comet NEOWISETJupiter−0.4081.00infobox
Comet NEOWISEis along period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 270.90text

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