{"id":215572,"date":"2023-03-08T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=275304"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:52:46","slug":"new-comet-c-2023-a3-suchinshan-atlas-will-visit-earth-soon-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-comet-c-2023-a3-suchinshan-atlas-will-visit-earth-soon-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience: Comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) to Make Close Approach to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seems like only yesterday that comet C\/2022 E3 (ZTF)<\/strong>, also called the “green comet”<\/strong> because of the particular greenish halo it emits, passed “grazing” our planet at almost 42 million kilometers from our atmosphere, allowing us to see it with our own eyes<\/strong><\/a> in different regions of the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we will not see it again for many (many) years<\/a>, it is important to remember that it is not the only comet that “surrounds” us, and that there are so many that many are not discovered until they are very close<\/strong> (relatively) to us. And this has been precisely the case of a new comet that was not contemplated in the astronomical calendar of 2023<\/a><\/strong>, and that will visit us in a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As reported by Star Walk<\/a><\/strong>, comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)<\/strong> was discovered in January and February by two different telescopes: the ATLAS<\/strong> telescope in South Africa and the telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory<\/strong> (Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory), receiving its name from both (at first, it was temporarily referred to as “A10SVYR”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it is still far from us, it is already relatively close to the Solar System, only 7.3 AU<\/a> from the Sun. According to the Minor Planet Center<\/strong>, between October 5 and October 7, 2024, C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will reach a maximum brightness of 0.3 magnitude. That is, it will have a visibility higher than that of comet NEOWISE<\/strong> (C\/2020 F3), 0.9, and much, much higher than that of our beloved green comet, 5.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will we be able to see comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although the comet can already be observed in the second half of the night, in the constellation of Serpens<\/strong>, for the moment it is necessary to use telescopes in areas with low light pollution<\/a>. Between 2023 and 2024, it will be moving and its visibility will change depending on its position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will be visible to the naked eye in mid-October 2024<\/strong>, when it will be especially visible in the northern hemisphere. Its brightness is unknown at this time, although a magnitude between 0 and 1 is expected. After approaching the Sun on October 10, it will pass close to the Earth on October 13<\/strong>, at 0.48 AU. Its brightness will fade rapidly, and by mid-November it will only be visible through binoculars and telescopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A month ago, comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered, a celestial body that will pass close to Earth and can be seen with the naked eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":215573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-215572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321832,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215572\/revisions\/321832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215572"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=215572"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=215572"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=215572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}