When the PurpleMountainObservatory (Tsuchinshan) near Nanjing, China photographed a faint object in mid-January 2023, it was initially thought to be an asteroid. Six weeks later on Feb. 23 ...
In January 2023, writes Space.com, astronomers at China's PurpleMountainObservatory spotted an object hurtling through space they believed was an asteroid. Scientists a month later at the ...
The comet’s name comes from the two observatories that discovered it: the PurpleMountainObservatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (also known as the Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory ...
Astronomers discovered it in January 2023 as an asteroidlike dot in images of the sky taken at the PurpleMountainObservatory in China. It was very faint and in subsequent weeks wasn’t seen ...
The name refers to PurpleMountainObservatory in China where it was discovered in January 2023. The ATLAS telescopic survey of the night sky co-discovered the comet. On Sept. 27 an hour before ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter with the sun today (Sept. 27) here's how to make the most of comet viewing opportunities this weekend and beyond. Excitement is building as ...
In January 2023, astronomers at China's PurpleMountainObservatory spotted an object hurtling through space they believed was an asteroid, according to Space.com. A month later, scientists at ...