Celestial Objects
Comet NEOWISE
Long-Period Comet
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Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) became the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997, discovered in March 2020 by NASA's NEOWISE infrared space telescope survey.
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Diameter (km)Nucleus diameter, approximately 5 km. Discovery Year Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead sectionQuote, en.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead section
NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.
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