Newfound comet named Leonard may be the one to watch in 2021
Officially named C/2021 A1, Leonard is one of the most promising space snowballs of this young year.
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Comet Neowise as seen from the Parker Solar Probe. Will Leonard be a worthy follow-up act?
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Guillermo Stenborg
Leonard may sound like the name of one of your grandfather's buddies, but it may also go down as the moniker of the most brilliant and dramatic comet of the year.
Comet Leonard was discovered by its namesake Greg Leonard, a senior research specialist at the University of Arizona, via the Mount Lemmon Observatory on Jan. 3.