4,000th Comet Discovered by ESA & NASA Solar Observatory

A SOHO image with a date stamp of 2020-06-15 shows space immediately surrounding the Sun, with background stars appearing white against a blue background. A circular inset image below the Sun provides a zoomed-in view of the SOHO-4000 and SOHO-3999 comets, which also appear as white specks.

On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO — the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft’s 25-year history.   The comet is nicknamed SOHO-4000, pending its official designation from the Minor Planet Center. Like most other SOHO-discovered comets, SOHO-4000 is part of … Continue reading 4,000th Comet Discovered by ESA & NASA Solar Observatory

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