For the first time, an object in space called K2 was discovered near the outer regions of the solar system in 2017.
On the night of July 14-15, one of the most active comets flew to Earth, hitting the lenses of the Virtual Telescope Project. Space reported this.
In particular, the space object came as close as possible to our planet, passing 270 million kilometers from Earth (in the orbit of Mars).
It was noticed that the comet, called K2, came into the Earth’s field of vision after it was first seen by the survey telescope and the PanSTARRS rapid response system in the outer regions of the solar system in 2017.
Preliminary observations indicated that he had a large nucleus and a massive coma. While the Canadian-French-Hawaiian CFHT discovered that the K2 core could be between 30 and 160 kilometers wide, data from the Hubble Space Telescope showed that it was only 18 kilometers wide.
Mostly coming from icy gases, rocks and dust, comets become active as they approach the Sun, according to the publication; Solar heat heats the comet very quickly, causing its solid ice to turn to gas (a process known as sublimation) and forming a cloud around the comet, known as a coma.
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Source: korrespondent
