Skip to main content
Sign In
A stylized graphic of a meteor with a chevron tail streaking above a telescope, a pine tree, and a cluster of gold coins.

Can you outrun this frozen wanderer? Face the NEOWISE quiz and prove your speed

Famous Comets

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

15

Volts

3/q

July 2020: C/2020 F3 blazed across the dawn sky, a rare naked-eye spectacle for the first time in decades. You watched the twin tails glow, but do you know the math behind its 6,800-year orbit? Step up. Prove you tracked the greatest comet of the decade.

Sign In to Play

Sign in or create an account to play

More ZapStacks in Famous Comets

Flat illustration of a flaming rubber duck, a satellite, and an asteroid orbiting in space on a light gray background
Comet 67P
20 Zaps · Medium
Two flaming comets streak above a telescope, binoculars, and a star map.
Comet Hale-Bopp
20 Zaps · Hard
A stylized green comet streaks across a dark sky with stars above a telescope.
Comet Lovejoy
18 Zaps · Hard
A polyhedral comet with a curved orange tail streaks past a telescope and several stars.
Comet McNaught
18 Zaps · Hard
A telescope points toward a large orange comet with a trailing tail and a crescent moon.
Halley's Comet
20 Zaps · Medium