Etymology

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Today it means: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2024. Full definition →

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February 2023, from Tsuchinshan + ATLAS, names of two observatories that observed the comet.

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