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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 , Nishimura made its closest approach to Earth , passing within 78 million miles ( 125 million kilometers ) of the planet.
And on Sept. 17 , the comet reached perihelion, or the closest point to the sun, when it dipped within 20.5m miles ( 33m km ) of our home star.
Nishimura will return to the Oort Cloud, a reservoir.
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