{"id":1554340,"date":"2022-07-14T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554340"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:19:25","slug":"giant-k2-comet-making-its-closest-approach-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/giant-k2-comet-making-its-closest-approach-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant K2 Comet Making Its Closest Approach To Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgiant-k2-comet-making-its-closest-approach-to-earth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One of the largest comets ever discovered is making its nearest pass to the Earth in our lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The C\/2017 K2 Panstarrs will reach its nearest distance to our planet, around 1.8 times greater than the distance between the Earth and the sun, on July 14.<\/p>\n<p>The K2 comet was <a href=\"https:\/\/hubblesite.org\/contents\/news-releases\/2017\/news-2017-40.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered<\/a> in 2017 by the Hubble Space Telescope. When found, it was the most distant inbound comet ever spotted, traveling between the orbital distances of Uranus and Saturn. K2 was 1.5 billion miles from the Earth when it was first observed.<\/p>\n<p>The comet\u2019s nucleus is estimated at more than 11 miles, a size ten times larger than most comets. The comet\u2019s atmosphere (or coma) is considered 81,000 miles in diameter.<\/p>\n<p>NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap220630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describes<\/a> the comet as being on \u201cits maiden voyage to the inner Solar System from the dim and distant Oort cloud.\u201d The Oort cloud is the most distant region of our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to spot K2 will find it within the constellation of Ophiuchus. The comet will remain in this area until approximately the end of July, when it will move near the Scorpio constellation.<\/p>\n<p>The comet should be visible with a basic telescope or even a pair of binoculars, according to astronomers studying K2. The precise time the comet will be nearest the Earth is at 11 p.m. ET on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/space-news\/comet-c-2017-k2-panstarrs-july-2022\/1214161?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=AccuAstronomy\">AccuWeather<\/a>, the comet will appear as a \u201cfuzzy green star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dust off your telescope and point it toward the southern sky this week to see Comet C\/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HqMVh3g7p\">https:\/\/t.co\/2HqMVh3g7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AccuWeather Astronomy (@AccuAstronomy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccuAstronomy\/status\/1547273438955454464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Comet Observation Database (COBS) offers precise coordinates for comet seekers in need of detailed data to follow the comet\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photo-op: +8.4 magnitude comet C\/2017 K2 PanSTARRS passes just 30&#8242; from the +7.5 magnitude globular cluster Messier 10 tonight: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1iKGQIXCzM\">https:\/\/t.co\/1iKGQIXCzM<\/a> H\/T <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSA_Mark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SSA_Mark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qVNFhOEeek\">pic.twitter.com\/qVNFhOEeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Dickinson (@Astroguyz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Astroguyz\/status\/1547586317629804546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Footage from the Sormano2 Observatory in Italy offers a glimpse of how the K2 will look based on its observations of the comet last week.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comet C\/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) last night. Sormano2 Observatory \u2013 Bellagio-Via Lattea (G.Ventre) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QMuUqq1Qwm\">pic.twitter.com\/QMuUqq1Qwm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PS (@Piero_Sicoli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Piero_Sicoli\/status\/1545426767070068736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The comet will reach its nearest point to the sun in December before moving farther away from the Earth\u2019s solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Until 2021, the K2 was the largest spotted comet. The Hubble Space Telescope observed a mega-comet last year that is so large that it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2021\/06\/24\/mega-comet-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-mysterious-ice-monster-from-half-a-light-year-away\/?sh=35e450122c23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified<\/a> as a minor planet.<\/p>\n<p>The comet\u2019s approach also follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-nasa-releases-the-deepest-sharpest-infrared-photo-of-the-universe-ever-from-space-telescope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent news<\/a> of NASA\u2019s release of \u201cthe deepest, sharpest infrared\u201d photograph of the universe in history late on Monday afternoon, which was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest space telescope ever built.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40 Sneak a peek at the deepest &#038; sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken \u2014 all in a day\u2019s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb\u2019s first image released as we begin to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnfoldTheUniverse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnfoldTheUniverse<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlougFWg8B\">https:\/\/t.co\/tlougFWg8B<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7ebmQwT7j\">pic.twitter.com\/Y7ebmQwT7j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAWebb\/status\/1546621080298835970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them,\u201d NASA said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o\u2019clock and 6 o\u2019clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o\u2019clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/webbfirstimages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first five images<\/a> were released by NASA to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest comets ever discovered is making its nearest pass to the Earth in our lifetime. The C\/2017 K2 Panstarrs will reach its nearest distance to our planet, around 1.8 times greater than the distance between the Earth and the sun, on July 14. The K2 comet was discovered in 2017 by the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1554462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1554462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}