Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor

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- September 13, 2019 at 11:34 am #7967
  
  Bernard Nebel
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  A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week (Sept 15-21. 2019) because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The object – designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) – was discovered on Aug. 30, 2019, by Gennady Borisov at the MARGO observatory in Nauchnij, Crimea. The official confirmation that comet C/2019 Q4 is an interstellar comet has not yet been made, but if it is interstellar, it would be only the second such object detected. The first, ‘Oumuamua, was observed and confirmed in October 2017. See more at:
  
  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7498&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=asteroid-20190912-1
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