Friday Fun Fact – 13th March 2026

Gliese-710 is a orangish 0.6 Solar Mass star, in the constellation Serpens Cauda. It is projected to pass near the Sun in about 1.29 million years at a predicted minimum distance of 10,520 AU (Earth orbits at 1AU). Being at this distance, it would be the same brightness as the brightest planets, getting a apparent visual magnitude of about -2.7. This will lead to a lot more comets being disturbed from the outer and inner Oort clouds, allowing at least 10 comets per year to be visible to the naked eye.