Stargazers are in for a treat as Comet Lulin also know as "Green Comet" because of the green tint due to chemicals in its head . It is expected to be visible to the naked eye on Tuesday when it will bbe within 38 million miles from earth.The comet will be visible as a faint green smudge low in the east-southeast sky before dawn.The comet will be close to the planet Saturn on this day so it will be easier to locate.Comet Lulin’s most interesting charactericstic is its orbit i.e it is moving in opposite direction as the planets and its apparent velocity is quite fast. It may have never come this way before, and this may be its first visit to the inner solar system as it has a parabolic trajectory. Comet Lulin was jointly discovered by Asian astronomers,Quanzhi Ye from China and Chi-Sheng Lin of Taiwan on July, 2007.
Green Comet closest to Earth
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