Spin-Reversing Comet May Face Self-Destruction
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Knowridge Science ReportSpin-Reversing Comet May Face Self-Destruction
Comets are known for providing breathtaking observations of their long and shiny tails when they travel too close to the Sun. This happens because comets are made of ice and primarily orbit far from the Sun, but as their icy core heats up it evaporates, resulting in the aforementioned breathtaking observations. But while evaporating comets make for great public photos, scientists who study comets are focused on these snowballs of gas and dust an…
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have announced the discovery that comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák is exhibiting reversed rotation. The analysis was performed using data obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope during the comet's closest approach to the Sun in 2017. Discovery of reversed rotation: Comet 41P, which is about 1 kilometer in diameter, was observed exhibiting a rotation that reversed its direction. Thi…
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