Consider the following statements regarding C 2020 F3 It is a name given to Comet which is a nb...........

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Consider the following statements regarding C/2020 F3

It is a name given to Comet which is a Near-Earth Objects.
It is also known as NEOWISE after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) telescope that discovered it.
India will be able to catch a glimpse of the comet from July 14 onwards as it soars across the solar system.
It will be visible through binoculars or a small telescope.

Select the correct statement.

1,2&4 only

2,3&4 only

1,3&4 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

The recently discovered comet called C/2020 F3, also known as NEOWISE after the NASA telescope that discovered it, will make its closest approach to the Earth on July 22.

The comet, which was discovered by NASA’s Near Earth Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope in March.
Star gazers in India will be able to catch a glimpse of the C/2020 F3 comet, also dubbed NEOWISE, from July 14 onwards as it soars across the solar system.
The comet will be visible to the naked eye for around 20 minutes everyday for 20 days and expected to come closest to Earth on July 22-23.
On the day, the comet, which takes 6,800 years to complete one lap around its orbit, will be at a distance of 64 million miles or 103 million kilometers while crossing Earth’s outside orbit.
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits which allows them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood.

Hence all statements are correct.