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Newly-discovered comet 'most pristine' object from outer space seen in Solar System
Pristine, in astronomical terms, describes a comet that has never passed close enough to a star to be transformed by its searing heat. 2I/Borisov was discovered in 2019 by Ukrainian astrophysicist ...
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Crimean amateur astronomer discovers new comet in solar system
TASS/. Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer from Crimea, has discovered a new Solar System comet. According to Borisov himself, he has now become the second in the world among amateur ...
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A new image of a mysterious object careening toward our solar system strongly suggests it's the first comet from another star system
The comet, called C/2019 Q4 ... that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the sun) or hyperbolic (checkmark-shaped, and on an open-ended trajectory). It seems much more likely that its path ...
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Why Saturn ejected a comet from our solar system at 10,800 km/h
This encounter dramatically altered the comet’s trajectory, placing it on a highly ... Because of its hyperbolic orbit, there was first thought to be a possibility that A117uUD was an extrasolar ...
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Interstellar Comets Like Borisov May Not be All That Rare (IMAGE)
Detected in 2019, the Borisov comet was the first interstellar comet known to have passed through our solar system. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...