Celestial Objects

Comet NEOWISE

Long-Period Comet

Citation Formats

General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Comet NEOWISE." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/comet-neowise.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Comet NEOWISE. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/comet-neowise

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-comet-neowise,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Comet NEOWISE},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/comet-neowise},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) became the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997, discovered in March 2020 by NASA's NEOWISE infrared space telescope survey.

Facts

Object Type

Comet 1

Diameter (km)

5 1

Nucleus diameter, approximately 5 km.

Discovery Year

2020 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Orbits

Sun

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Sources

1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead section

Quote, en.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead section

NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.

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