Comet 108P/Ciffreo was noticed in 1985 hurtling by means of house alongside a wierd blob of mud, and now astronomers have lastly discovered the place the blob got here from
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17 February 2023
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Astronomers in 1985 noticed a peculiar comet that appeared to have an enormous blob of mud travelling with it by means of house, and now we have now lastly discovered what it’s. Understanding uncommon objects like this might assist us find out about how comets evolve and finally crumble.
Yoonyoung Kim on the Technical College of Braunschweig in Germany and her colleagues examined the comet, referred to as Comet 108P/Ciffreo, utilizing the Nordic Optical Telescope in Spain and the Hubble House Telescope …