The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be back around Earth in 50,000 years — if it isn't racing out of the solar system that is.
For comets with orbits like this, resembling an extremely flattened circle, that go way beyond the solar system's planets it is easy for their orbits to be perturbed. This could have the effect of causing them to fly out of the solar system altogether. That means each time that a comet with an orbit like this dives back towards to inner solar system to visit, that could be the case with C/2022 E3 .
As a result of this nudge, the outward leg of this journey, which C/2022 E3 is currently undergoing, might not just see it racing out of the inner solar system, it might carry it out of our planetary system altogether. That means C/2022 E3 which last passed Earth 50,000 years ago during the last glacial period or"ice age" when earlyAlternatively, this planetary perturbation might have put the comet on an even more extended and flattened orbit that lasts for a million years or more.
C/2022 E3 might have moved out of view forever or you may not fancy waiting around a million years for it to pop back around, but if you're hoping to catch a glimpse of the next comet to make headlines, our guides for the
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