A comet is hurtling through our solar system despite originating elsewhere, US space agency Nasa has revealed.
The interstellar comet, which has been named 3I/Atlas, is about 670 million kilometres from Earth.
"The comet poses no threat to Earth and will remain at a distance of at least 1.6 astronomical units [about 240 million km]," a statement from Nasa read. "It is currently about 4.5 au from the Sun. 3I/Atlas will reach its closest approach to the Sun around October 30, at a distance of 1.4 au – just inside the orbit of Mars."
Nasa said the comet would remain visible to telescopes on Earth until September, after which it will pass too close to the Sun to be observed. It is expected to reappear on the other side of the Sun by early December, once again allowing for observation.
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This is how many recognised sects Lebanon is home to, along with about four million citizens
450,000
More than this many Palestinian refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon, with about 45 per cent of them living in the country’s 12 refugee camps
1.5 million
There are just under 1 million Syrian refugees registered with the UN, although the government puts the figure upwards of 1.5m
73
The percentage of stateless people in Lebanon, who are not of Palestinian origin, born to a Lebanese mother, according to a 2012-2013 study by human rights organisation Frontiers Ruwad Association
18,000
The number of marriages recorded between Lebanese women and foreigners between the years 1995 and 2008, according to a 2009 study backed by the UN Development Programme
77,400
The number of people believed to be affected by the current nationality law, according to the 2009 UN study
4,926
This is how many Lebanese-Palestinian households there were in Lebanon in 2016, according to a census by the Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue committee
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