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A newly discovered #comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The new comet, #C2019Q4, is still inbound toward the Sun, at about 93,000 mph [150,000 kph]. @NASAJPL buff.ly/2I79MgN #Borisov pic.twitter.com/VT5EDr9IC7
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WashingtonCrunch
@MindfulRob
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What would happen if it hit the sun?
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The SETI Institute
@SETIInstitute
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It would get broken up. Depending on its size, some particles might stay on their trajectory. Others would be destroyed.
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jason leverett
@80jillion
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Given that we are moving through the milky way at 825,000 km/hr, I assume that we are both headed in the same direction, just this chunk of rock is traveling 150,000 kph slower than we are. Poor comet sees us coming up in the rearview mirror at 675,000 Kph! Watch out!
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Paul Tobin
@Paultobin77
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20km
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Prasanth Kumar Vinakota
@KumarVinakota
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I will be more excited if they change it to #I2019Q4 happy that all these are happening during my insignificant life time.
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Sigurdur Haraldsson
@sighar
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This is a Comet, so it's not Rama II
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Parker Benchley
@ParkeBench
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Well, Rama I, II, and III were all the same craft, just pimped out differently between each visit.
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