Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ya haskaka sararin samaniyar Faransa a karshen wannan makon
Asabar 12 ga Oktoba, 2024, masu sha'awar astronomy sun sami damar kallon wani lamari na sararin samaniya da ba kasafai ba: tauraron dan wasan barkwanci C/2023 A3, wanda ake yi wa lakabi da "comet of the century", ya haye sararin samaniyar Faransa. An gano shi a watan Janairun 2023 ta cibiyar lura da tsaunukan tsaunuka na kasar Sin, wannan tauraruwar wutsiya ta burge masu kallo tare da haskakawa da girmansa. Ganuwa ga ido tsirara tun daga ƙarshen Satumba, ya ba da ƙarin haske a ƙarshen wannan makon, musamman a farkon maraice, jim kaɗan bayan faɗuwar rana.
Don lura da shi, ya isa ya kalli yamma, daga karfe 19 na yamma, tare da ƙarfi wanda a hankali ya ragu cikin sa'o'i. Tauraron mai wutsiya na ci gaba da tafiya a sararin sama har zuwa ranar 21 ga watan Oktoba, kodayake haskensa yana raguwa a kowace rana. Masana kimiyya sun yi bayanin cewa Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, wanda ke fitowa daga iyakokin tsarin hasken rana, yana biye da sararin samaniya mai nisa wanda ba zai dawo da shi kusa da duniya ba tsawon dubban dubban shekaru.
Duk da haka, yanayin da aka lura ya lalace a wani bangare sakamakon guguwar Kirk, wacce ta rufe babban yanki na Faransa da gajimare. Don haɓaka damar ganin tauraro mai wutsiya a cikin kwanaki masu zuwa, ana ba da shawarar zuwa buɗe wuraren da ke nesa da gurɓataccen haske. Izinin yanayi, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS zai ci gaba da ba da wani abin kallo na musamman a sararin sama, tare da kyakyawar gani har zuwa 18 ga Oktoba.