Comet ATLAS Is Starting to Show Signs of Fragmenting, Fireball Watch — Cast Out of the Tail of Draco The Dragon Constellation

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  In recent months, Comet ATLAS galvanized astronomers as it fell toward the sun, skyrocketing in brightness like few comets before it. By late May 2020 it promised to rival Venus in the sunset sky. But recent developments belie that possibility. On April 6th, astronomers Quanzhi Ye of the University of Maryland) and Qicheng Zhang of Caltech reported new images of Comet ATLAS, in which the comet’s core appears to be elongating–“as would be expected from a major disruption of the nucleus,” they wrote in an Astronomical Telegram. Learn More: https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/…

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