THE NEXT BRIGHT COMET?
Aug 04, 2022
2 minutes
COMET NAME: COMET C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
ESTIMATION WHEN VISIBLE: JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 2023
ESTIMATED PEAK MAGNITUDE: +5.0
Comet names are reassuringly logical. In this case the C simply stands for ‘comet’, and 2022 refers to the year in which it was discovered. The letter code that follows progresses through the alphabet at a
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