Its named for the observatories that spotted it — Tsuchinshan (“Purple Mountain”) Observatory in China ... astronomer and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador Marty McGuire.

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered in 2023, identified by observers at China’s Tsuchinshan—or “Purple Mountain”—Observatory and an ATLAS ... Space Station Program supports the laboratory as ...

The comet was discovered in 2023 by “by observers at China’s Tsuchinshan – or “Purple Mountain” – Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in ...

The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However, scientists using a South ...

We first learned about this comet in early 2023, thanks to astronomers at China’s Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan means “purple mountain”) and South Africa’s Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Here's what we know. The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However ...

Here's what we know. The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However, ...

Named after the Tsuchinshan, or "Purple Mountain," Observatory in China and the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa, the comet was first discovered last ...

Purple Mountain Observatory in China first spotted the comet and calculated that its orbit would cross the Earth’s hemisphere in September or October 2024. This photo provided by Nicolas Biver ...

The comet is called Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. It was discovered last year at the Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain) Observatory in China and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

It was initially discovered in 2023 by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and an ATLAS telescope in South Africa last year. Up till now, you had to be in the Southern Hemisphere to hope to ...