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28 February 2026 at 9:14 am
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It will most likely be in the solar corona at closest approach – the chromosphere layer itself is only roughly 3,000 to 5,000 km thick above the photosphere. However, some prominences, that originate in the chromosphere, can reach heights above the photosphere of 100,000 km or more. So potentially this comet could pass through a high prominence but unlikely.
