A new comet has arrived in the solar system

The solar system is the collection of planets, asteroids and comets that revolve around the sun. Each remains in its own orbit due to the intense gravity exerted by the star, which has a much greater mass than any other planet. Since the beginning of the universe, scientists have discovered new planets, comets and other celestial objects in the solar system and this process is still going on. Sometimes a new planet was discovered by sending a space telescope, sometimes it was discovered by self-research.

In this context, experts have seen a rare green comet (comet). A rare green comet is returning to our solar system after thousands of years, and was seen by the human eye last month in the Northern Hemisphere. This comet will pass close to Earth for the first time in 50,000 years, and experts say. Let’s say it might stay around that for maybe a month.

NASA experts say that this icy comet was first observed in March 2022 when it was close to the orbit of the planet Jupiter. Through a handheld telescope, it will look like a small glowing green object. NASA’s According to scientist Dr. Sethfani Milam, we want to detect the presence or absence of certain molecules in it, such as water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, etc. The comet’s emerald-green glow reflects its chemical composition, the result of sunlight striking the carbon dioxide it contains.

American space agency NASA scientists had said that comets are very difficult to predict, but if it keeps the same trend of increasing its light, it will be easy to see. It is also possible to see it with the naked eye under a dark sky. The name of this comet is C 2022 E3 (ZTF). According to The Planetary Society, it will be only 4.2 million kilometers away from Earth at that time. Comets are large balls of ice, dust, and rock, and come from a layer of icy material outside the outer rim of our solar system called the Oort Cloud.

Comets have a core of rock, ice, and water, and are surrounded by an outer atmosphere of ice and dust called the coma. As they approach the Sun, solar radiation causes them to eject a wave of gas and dust that gives it a smoke-like tail. That is why they are also called Dumdar Stara in Urdu. Although these are not stars. The gravitational pull of many bodies in the Solar System pulls them from the Oort Cloud, and as they approach the Sun, their brightness increases.

Every year, observatories around the world discover about a dozen comets. The comet was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility in the US state of California, hence its name C2022E3 (ZTF). This comet takes about 50,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun. However, according to The Planetary Society, ‘this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. People in the Northern Hemisphere who see it without a telescope will see it as a dim, green spot in the sky, while those with a telescope will see its beautiful tail.

Now that the comet is heading northwest, people living in the Northern Hemisphere will see it in the morning sky, NASA researchers say. If you want to see this comet, you will have to go to a place away from the population and artificial lights. NASA plans to observe the comet with the James Webb Space Telescope and potentially provide important information about the origins of the Solar System.