Ka Mele Kalikimaka, i ka manawa hea e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike iā ia ma ka lani?

ʻO kēia makahiki ka inoa "Kometa Kalikimaka"No ka comet C / 2021 A1 (Leonard) a i ʻole ka comet Leonard, i ʻike ʻia ma Ianuali 3 e ka mea kilo hōkū ʻAmelika. Gregory J. Leonard a pau 'Hale Nana Mauna Lemmon ma nā mauna ʻo Santa Catalina, Arizona.

ʻO ka hele ʻana o kēia comet kokoke i ka lā e manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia ma Ianuali 3, 2022, ʻo ka perigee, ʻo ka wahi kokoke loa i ka honua e hōʻea i ka lā 12 Dekemaba. ʻIke ʻoe i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kāna huakaʻi? ʻO 35.000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, he hanana kū hoʻokahi ka nānā ʻana i kona ala!

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka comet Kalikimaka i Dekemaba

I kēia manawa, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, luna ʻepekema o ka Papahana Telescope Virtual, hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia o ka "Christmas comet". ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia inā ʻike ʻia a pehea e ʻike ʻia ai e ka maka ʻōlohelohe, akā naʻe aia nā mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia.

Ma ka lā 12 o Kekemapa e hōʻea i ka mamao loa mai ko mākou honua, e like me 35 miliona mau kilomita, akā he 10 ° wale nō ma luna o ka lewa, no laila pono mākou ʻaʻole i kahi lewa pōʻeleʻele wale nō, akā ʻaʻole maoli a / a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hana. pilikia. . ʻO ke kūpono, pono ʻoe e hele i kahi puʻu nui / mauna mauna a i ʻole kahi kahakai ʻeleʻele.

Pono e ʻike ʻia ka "Christmas comet" a hiki i ka Kalikimaka a laila nalo loa mai ka ʻike aku. ʻO ka manaʻolana ʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka mālamalama e hiki ai i nā mea a pau ke nānā iā ia me ka maka ʻōlohelohe, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia me ka kometa NEOWISE i ka makahiki aku nei!