The National Astronomical Research Institute page published it under the scorching light of the sun. While everyone was looking for an umbrella to protect themselves from the sun, Did you know? In the sky there is still someone who stands up to challenge the sun god. It is called “SOHO”, a space telescope for observing the sun.
The SOHO space telescope, or Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, is a space telescope dedicated to observing the Sun. It was launched into space on December 2, 1995, as a result of a joint effort between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA (NASA) of the United States. Its orbit is located between the Earth and the Sun at the L1 Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
And recently, the SOHO telescope detected a small icy object orbiting near the Sun. It is thought to be a short-period comet. With an orbital period of about 5.3 years, it is the 5,000th comet ever discovered.
SOHO has equipment designed to block glare from the center of the sun. And it leaves room at the edges to study the corona’s thin, hard-to-observe atmosphere. Including observing the characteristics of the solar wind. This ability allows SOHO to also observe other objects in the Sun’s vicinity. Especially comets that are “slingshotted,” or that come close to the Sun before being hurled out. This is the period when comets approach the sun. Astronomers call this period of the comet “sungrazer” or “solar explorer”.
The comet, which had been discovered as a small icy lump, was discovered on Monday 25 March 2023, as it passed close to the Sun. It is thought to be a fragment that broke off from comet 96P/Machholz, a comet about 6 kilometers in diameter with an orbital period of 5.3 years around the Sun. It last orbited near the Sun in January 2018. It orbits very close to the Sun. Can cause comets to break up They become smaller offspring or offspring of comets that continue to orbit the Sun.
SOHO’s discovery of the 5,000th comet was made by Hanjie Tan, a doctoral student in astronomy from Prague. Czech Republic he has been taking part in NASA’s Sungrazer project to monitor comets since he was 13 years old. This time he studied the trajectory of comet 96P/Machholz, which passed close to the Sun in 2023. They discovered large trails of dust stretching back and forth along the comet. he orbits and eventually discovers a new comet. The data indicates that comet 96P/Machholz continues to shed pieces of itself, eventually creating many new comets.
SOHO’s discovery of 5,000 comets is not simply a numerical statistic or proof of astronomers’ discovery of comets. But it’s also a valuable data set that astronomers can further study to determine the orbital trends of other comets. Including various properties of objects in this area.
Furthermore, the Sun’s magnetic field is known to directly influence the shape and appearance of comet tails. This means studying comets that pass close to the Sun in this way. It will be able to help astronomers study the Sun’s invisible magnetic field and observe its influence by studying these comets.
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