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Comet SWAN makes its closest approach to Earth on May 13, 2020, at a distance of 85 million km (53 million miles); its closest approach to the Sun, called perihelion, will happen on May 27, 2020. Image credit: NASA / ESA / SOHO.

SOHO Discovers New Comet: C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

May 13, 2020 by News Staff

Officially classified C/2020 F8 (SWAN) but nicknamed comet SWAN, the new comet was first spotted in April 2020 by Australian amateur astronomer Michael...