Trajectory of C/2023 P1 comet, with the respective positions of Solar Orbiter, the nearby planets, and other spacecraft. (a) Side view of the comet location relative to the ecliptic plane on 2023 September 11. The blue dashed arrow indicates the direction of the comet trajectory. The path of the comet above the ecliptic plane is shown in solid blue and below in dashed blue. An inset shows the SoloHI FOV (gray shaded region enclosed by the red outline) on that day. (b) The ecliptic plane and the comet’s path as viewed from above the solar north pole. The green shaded region shows the extent of the CME associated with the TDE under study and illustrates the geometry of CME–comet interaction. The polar map in the background layer is produced using the Solar-MACH (J. Gieseler et al. 2023). (c) Comet–Sun–Solar Orbiter geometry, and the comet and Orbiter trajectory during the analysis period of 2023 September 11, 00:00 UT to 12, 23:59 UT. The orbital ephemerides are obtained from the JPL Horizons page. This schematic renders the simplified CME–comet geometry and is not drawn to scale.