Green Comet Of 2024. This comet is green because its coma—the gassy shroud surrounding its nucleus—contains a reactive compound called diatomic carbon (c2), which is bright in. Comet c/2024 e1 (wierzchos) position calculator.

A comet recently discovered zooming through our solar system has the potential to be quite bright when it arrives late in 2024, but comets have let us down before. It earned the nickname of “devil comet” in 2023 when an outburst caused the comet to have an asymmetrical appearance, like having horns.