Comet NEOWISE   Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered on March 27, 2020, by NEOWISE, the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a space telescope launched by NASA in 2009. Comet NEOWISE was closest to the sun on July 3, 2020, passing at about 26.7 million miles (43 million km) from the sun, or a bit closer than the average distance from the sun to Mercury. Comets are icy bodies, but when they come closer to the Sun, ice on the surface evaporates and...

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Partial Solar Eclipse 21 June 2020   Jaffna Duration 3 hours, 5 minutes, 46 seconds Partial eclipse begins Jun 21 at 10:24:44 am Maximum coverage of the Sun 23.93% Maximum coverage at Jun 21 at 11:54:44 am Partial eclipse ends Jun 21 at 1:30:58 pm Anuradhapura Duration 2 hours, 58 minutes, 21 seconds Partial eclipse begins Jun 21 at 10:28:52 am Maximum coverage of the Sun 19.90% Maximum coverage at J...

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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 5–6 June 2020   Duration 3 hours, 18 minutes, 12 seconds Eclipse begin Jun 5 at 11:15:51 pm Maximum coverage Jun 6 at 12:54:55 am Eclipse ends Jun 6 at 2:34:03 am This eclipse is visible islandwide. ...

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