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ZachKessin
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No it is not. this is a long period comet which appears to be on its first (and probably only) trip into the inner solar system. If it survives Perihelion (Closest approach to the Sun) it will be flung into the far depths of the solar system and probably out all together.

The thing is comets are balls of Ice of various types, so when they pass close to the sun they sometimes break up.