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Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto This animation was imaged in infrared light by the NEOWISE space telescope in 2019. C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto is a long-period comet and was coming in near the Sun for the first time in over 1,000 years. NASA/JPL-Caltech