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Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) named after its discoverer Hideo Nishimura was discovered on August 12, 2023 and will come closest to us in mid-September of 2023. It's last perihelion was in July of 1588 AD. It has an interesting orbit of some 434 years and a high inclination to the ecliptic of 132 degrees. At perihelion it comes just inside the orbit of Mercury.  It looks a lot (greenish) like comet Ison back in 2013, but has a much shorter orbit, and like all comets portends that some significant event is about to occur on the world scene. It spends most of its time in tropical Leo or Cancer and travels retrograde through the signs except during close approaches. Most of us alive today have it in the sign of tropical Cancer.  Below is a long-term ephemeris of the comet between 1600 and 2500 AD (derived from the Jet Propulsion Horizons website).
1600 Jan 01 = 09Leo45 1660's to 1680's Leo/Cancer 1700 Jan 01 = 29Can19 1800 Jan 01 = 28Can07 1900 Jan 01 = 27Can11 1910 Jan 01 = 27Can02 1920 Jan 01 = 26Can54 1930 Jan 01 = 26Can42 1940 Jan 01 = 26Can29 1950 Jan 01 = 26Can14 1960 Jan 01 = 25Can56 1970 Jan 01 = 25Can33 1980 Jan 01 = 25Can04 1990 Jan 01 = 24Can22 2000 Jan 01 = 23Can22 2010 Jan 01 = 21Can34 2020 Jan 01 = 15Can55 2022 Jan 01 = 10Can57
2023 Jan 01 = 02Can32
2024 Jan 01 = 29Lib18
2025 Jan 01 = 10Vir51
2100 Jan 01 = 06Leo18
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