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The Nucleus of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

  • Authors: David Jewitt, Man-To Hui, Yoonyoung Kim, Max Mutchler, Harold Weaver, and Jessica Agarwal

2020 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 888 L23.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Composite WFC3 image of comet Borisov on UT 2019 October 12 with isophotal contours overlaid. The cardinal directions are marked, as are the projected antisolar vector (−⊙) and the projected negative heliocentric velocity vector (−V). A 5″ (10,000 km) scale bar is shown.

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