C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet found by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility, a survey camera at Palomar Observatory in California. It passed closest to the Sun in January 2023 and came nearest to Earth in early February, at a distance of about 42 million kilometres. It became visible to the naked eye under dark skies and was widely photographed for its green coma and a faint tail pointing away from the Sun. Its orbit suggests it last visited the inner Solar System tens of thousands of years ago, and it is unlikely to return for a very long time.
Before and after
- from 26 February 2022 to 3 July 2022Battle of Lysychansk
- from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022Battle of Bucha
- 27 February 2022Zeitenwende speech
- March 2022Mass killings during the Siege of Mariupol
- 2 March 2022Discovery of C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
- from 9 March 2022 to 1 April 2022Battle of Brovary
- 14 March 2022Velyka Novosilka offensive
- from 15 March 2022 to 12 May 2022Battle of Rubizhne
- from 24 March 2022 to 1 December 20222022 Peruvian protests
More in Universe & space
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- 5 March 1979Discovery of Thebe
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 16 June 1989Discovery of Proteus
- 23 July 1995Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Nix
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