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Comet Nishimura, also known as C/2023 P1 , was first spotted falling rapidly toward the sun on Aug. 12 .
The icy object has a green glow caused by high levels of dicarbon in its coma — the cloud of gas and dust that surrounds its solid core.
On Sept. 12 , the comet made its closest approach to Earth , passing within 78 million miles ( 125 million kilometers ) of the planet, or 500 times the average distance between Earth and the moon.
Nishimura will return to the Oort Cloud, a reservoir of comets and other icy objects beyond Neptune , around 430 years later .
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