Saudi Arabia monitors the "heavenly visitor" tomorrow, Sunday
Today, Saturday, Eng. Majed Abu Zahira, President of the Saudi Astronomical Society, announced the readiness to monitor the arrival of Comet (Leonard) tomorrow, Sunday, in the sky of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world, to the closest distance from planet Earth, and it will be at a very safe distance of 34 million and 902 thousand and 292 kilometers.
Today, Saturday, the Saudi Press Agency "SPA" quoted Abu Zahra as saying, "The comet is getting brighter starting about the 14th of this month, and Comet Leonard will become visible in the evening sky right after sunset.
He explained that the measurements indicate that this celestial visitor is moving at a high speed of 254,412 kilometers per hour relative to the Earth.
It is noteworthy that this comet was first discovered last January, and it is likely that it has spent 35,000 years traveling towards the sun, and the scientist Gregory Leonard was the first to observe it.
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