A Newly Found Comet
By: Me! Chloe Carver <3
This picture was taken at the Gemini Observatory by Travis Rector
Here’s the Summary...
This comet is named C/2019 Q4. They don’t really know how big this thing is but they have a pretty decent estimate of it being around 1.2 to 10 miles around. This comet was found not too long ago at all. Just last month (August) on the 30th by someone with the name Gennady Borisov that lives in Ukraine. This comet is very strange though because it has such a weird orbit. It’s eccentricity (how much the perfectly circular orbit is stretched) is very high and above one. Most planets and objects that orbit around a star (our sun) has an eccentricity extremely close to zero. So, that’s what makes it so odd. It’s interstellar. This comet runs at such a high speed (about 93,000 mph) which is crazy fast for an object that isn’t so close to our sun. This comet most likely came from outside our solar system and very well might be exiting out of ours and back into space.
Here Are Some Questions…
Why do you guys think this comet is so important to NASA or anyone that studies Astronomy? (What significance does this have on research?)
How can this negatively or positively affect the way we research or see our universe?
Cites and Sources...
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/c2019-q4-second-interstellar-object-07595.html
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/interstellar-comet-c2019-q4-07597.html
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/interstellar-comet-c2019-q4-07597.html
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