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                                   2023 July 14   
      
                       Comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS near Perihelion   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett   
      
      Explanation: Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) was just spotted in March, another   
      comet found by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert   
      System. On July 1 this Comet ATLAS reached perihelion, its closest   
      approach to the Sun. Shortly afterwards the telescopic comet was   
      captured in this frame sporting a pretty greenish coma and faint,   
      narrow ion tail against a background of stars in the far northern   
      constellation Ursa Minor. This comet's closest approach to Earth is   
      still to come though. On August 18 this visitor to the inner Solar   
      System will be a mere 3 light-minutes or so from our fair planet. Based   
      on its inclination to the ecliptic plane and orbital period of about 85   
      years C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) is considered a Halley-type comet.   
      
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