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GENERAL SCIENCE
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What is the name of the comet discovered on March 27, 2020 by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission that puts on a dazzling display for skywatchers before it disappears, not to be seen again for another 6, 800 years?
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Halleys
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Neowise
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Encke
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Hale-Bopp
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Termed the C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the comet was named to refer to those who first spotted it – astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in the US, in March 2022.
Detailed explanation-2: -Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that can appear twice in a human lifetime. It last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.
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