Credit & Copyright: Gordon Garradd
Explanation:
Another large snowball is falling toward the Sun.
Comet Lee was discovered two weeks ago by
Steve Lee
(AAO) in
Australia, and is expected to brighten
as it approaches the inner
Solar System.
Comet Lee is not expected to become a
naked-eye object, though, with
recent projections guessing it will
peak at magnitude 7 in July.
Starting in May, the
large piece of dirty ice officially known as
Comet C/1999 H1 Lee will be
visible to northern observers. Comet Lee is the
fuzzy patch in the
above picture
taken on April 16 from
Loomberah,
Australia.
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