Questions tagged [c2014-un271-bernardinelli-bernstein]
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Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein; could it be a "planet-killer" and what could prevent it from getting close to us?
The huge "mega" comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein) 80 miles wide is coming towards Earth from the edge of our Solar System.
It is supposed to only get to the middle of our Solar ...
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How is a comet visible when far from the Sun
The latest news tells of a super large "mega" comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)
approaching the Solar System in about 9 years.
It must be very far from the Sun, so how do we ...
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What exactly did ALMA observe at 20 AU from the "Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud" that will pass in 2031?
Gizmodo's Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 85 Miles Wide
says:
For the new study, Lellouch and his colleagues used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to refine the comet’s ...