EPISODE · Nov 11, 2019 · 43 MIN
50: Imposter Comet!
from syzygy · host Chris Stewart
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event!Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypodSyzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypodThings we talked about in this episode:The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23First all-female space walk2I/Borisov, first interstellar cometResearch papers on 2I/Borisov: Initial characterisation and detection of cyanide‘Oumuamua, an interstellar “asteroid?”™Path of 2I/BorisovThe Oort CloudHalley’s CometComet Shoemaker Levy rams into Jupiter in 1994Kruger 60, hometown of 2I/Borisov? (Original paper)Comet Interceptor mission
What this episode covers
For only the second time, astronomers have spoptted an interstellar interloper wandering through our solar system. Comet 2I/Borisov was spoitted by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov on 30 August 2019 — since then it has been imaged by Hubble and studied in enough detail to work out where it came from. (Well, maybe. These things are hard.) It's not easy to spot, but it's worth making friends with a local astronomer to get a glimpse, becuase Borisov won't be in our skies for long ...
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