Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

English

Etymology

February 2023, from Tsuchinshan +‎ ATLAS, names of two observatories that observed the comet.

Proper noun

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

  1. (astronomy) C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2024.
    • 2024 October 8, Katrina Miller, “How to See the ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Comet Flaring in Our Night Skies”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 October 2024, Science‎[2]:
      Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, causing the ball of ice to sprout a diffuse tail.
    • 2024 October 12, “Comet last seen by Neanderthals to brighten night skies”, in Deutsche Welle‎[3], archived from the original on 3 November 2024, Science; Europe‎[4]:
      With an orbit of 80,000 years, Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was last visible from our planet during the era of the Neanderthals, according to NASA.
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