The largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected

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Astronomers are reporting a detailed analysis of the largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected – “C 2014 UN271.” Carbon monoxide gas is venting from its surface while it is still more than a billion miles from the Sun.

Comet C 2014 UN271, also called “Bernardinelli Bernstein.” It is active at a distance where most comets should be quiet, or so it was believed.

Nathan X. Roth, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, led the team behind this remarkable discovery.

https://www.earth.com/news/incredible-discovery-in-the-largest-oort-cloud-comet-ever-detected-c-2014-un271/

 

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