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COMET

NEOWISE

The brightest comet to grace northern-hemisphere skies since Hale-Bopp.

Orbits Sun

Physical Properties

3 km

Orbit

Sun
358 AU
0.99918
128.94°
0.295 AU
6767 yr

Sources & Further Reading

Numerical values (radius, mass, orbital elements, temperatures) are drawn from NASA NSSDC Planetary Fact Sheets, JPL Horizons, and the JPL Small-Body Database. Last refreshed: 2026-04-18 18:19:27.

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) — discovered by NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope on 27 March 2020 — became the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997. It was visible to the naked eye throughout July 2020.