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Interstellar Comet Borisov Composition

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2020

David Jewitt20 April 2020

Science / Astronomy

Jewitt uses Hubble observations to help show that interstellar Comet Borisov contains unusually abundant carbon monoxide.

Names involved

David Jewitt

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