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A natural phenomenon is being observed by scientists. The reason is, a giant comet is pointing towards Earth.
No half-hearted, one comet that the core size 50 times larger than ordinary comets that hurtle to Earth. The giant comet is hurtling toward Earth at a speed of 35,400 kilometers per hour.
detik.com summarizes the phenomenon of the giant comet. There are at least four interesting facts that stick out.
Bigger than East Kalimantan Province
The discovery of the giant comet was first captured by the United States space agency or NASA. NASA’s Hubble Telescope determined the comet’s icy core has a mass of about 500 trillion tons and a width of 137 kilometers.
The findings showed the giant comet was larger than the state of Rhode Island in the United States. In addition, the size of the comet is known to be larger than the province of East Kalimantan.
The comet was first seen in 2010, but Hubble was only able to confirm its magnitude now. Its size is larger than any other comet that has been seen by astronomers before.
“We had expected that this comet was very large, because its light is very bright even though it is still very far away,” said David Jewitt, professor of planetary science and astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
“Now we have that confirmation,” said Jewitt.
NASA describes the ball of dirt and ice as a giant beast “sliding this way.”
The Origin of the Giant Comet
A giant comet that is bigger than East Kalimantan Province it was first discovered by astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein in archival images at the Inter-American Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile.
The comet is referred to by NASA as a ‘lego ice block’. These objects are remnants of the era of the early formation of the planets.
“They were thrown out of the solar system by the game pinball the gravitational force between the large planets on the outer side of the system,” NASA said in a statement.
“Comets that are kicked out then settle in the Oort Cloud, a large reservoir for comets that circle the solar system from a distance,” he continued.
The giant comet is also in the spotlight of Indonesian scientists. See on the next page
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