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Meteor Dances Around Comet Lemmon in Stunning Footage

10/28/2025

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Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured footage on October 24 of a meteor trail wrapping around Comet Lemmon's tail as it approached Serpens Caput.
The meteor's ionized gas formed a wave that seemed to coil around the comet, which is about 100 million kilometers away.
Comet Lemmon, discovered in January 2025, has brightened to magnitude +4.2, and will move toward Ophiuchus ahead of its close approach to the Sun on November 8.

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Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured footage on October 24 of a meteor trail wrapping around Comet Lemmon's tail as it approached Serpens Caput.
The meteor's ionized gas formed a wave that seemed to coil around the comet, which is about 100 million kilometers away.
Comet Lemmon, discovered in January 2025, has brightened to magnitude +4.2, and will move toward Ophiuchus ahead of its close approach to the Sun on November 8.