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Initial characterization of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov

Piotr Guzik, Michał Drahus, Krzysztof Rusek et al., 2020. Nature Astronomy.

Gemini North and William Herschel observations of the second interstellar object, discovered on 30 August 2019: an extended coma, a tail, a reddish colour and a nucleus of about a kilometre, all like ordinary Solar System comets. Nature Astronomy 4, 53-57.

MYS0CSKBPVW6FBV · mystery · click to copyM1I/'OumuamuaArticledoi: 10.1038/s41550-019-0931-8Checked against the original0

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The comparison object that behaved as a comet should.

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Guzik, P., Drahus, M., Rusek, K., Waniak, W., Cannizzaro, G., & Pastor-Marazuela, I. (2020). Initial characterization of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. Nature Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0931-8
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