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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS nears the sun this month. Will it be visible to the naked eye?


The final hurdle for Tsuchinshan-ATLAS to surmount will come on the afternoon of Sept. 27, when it arrives at perihelion — the closest point in its orbit to the sun.

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