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Cometa verde: ¿Cuándo, dónde y cómo ver este fenómeno en Costa Rica?

Con el seguimiento a su órbita los expertos determinaron que el cuerpo de largo recorrido se acercaría a la Tierra a finales de enero y principios de febrero

This handout picture obtained from the NASA website on January 6, 2023 shows the Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) that was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. - A newly discovered comet is currently shooting through our Solar System for the first time in 50,000 years and could be visible to the naked eye as it whizzes past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks, astronomers have said. Having travelled from the icy reaches at the edge of our Solar System, it will get the closest to the Sun on January 12 and pass nearest to Earth on February 1. (Photo by Dan Bartlett / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / Dan Bartlett  " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout picture obtained from the NASA website on January 6, 2023 shows the Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) that was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. - A newly discovered comet is currently shooting through our Solar System for the first time in 50,000 years and could be visible to the naked eye as it whizzes past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks, astronomers have said. Having travelled from the icy reaches at the edge of our Solar System, it will get the closest to the Sun on January 12 and pass nearest to Earth on February 1. (Photo by Dan Bartlett / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / Dan Bartlett " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS DAN BARTLETT
El mejor momento para ver el cometa C/2022 E3 (ZTF) o "cometa verde" será la primera semana de febrero del 2023 y se podrá observar desde Costa Rica. (DAN BARTLETT/AFP)

El cometa C/2022 E3 (ZTF), también llamado “cometa verde”, procedente de los confines del sistema solar, podrá ser observado nuevamente después de 50.000 años; esto quiere decir que la última vez que pasó junto a la Tierra, el planeta era habitado por neandertales.

Los astrónomos del centro Zwicky Transient Facility, que opera el telescopio Samuel-Oschin del Observatorio Palomar, en San Diego, Estados Unidos, descubrieron el cometa en marzo del 2022 y lo bautizaron ZTF en honor al centro astronómico.

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