Ua hōʻike mai ka poʻe loea mai ka Keck Observatory, aia ma ka piko o Mauna Kea (Hawaii, USA), i ke kiʻi o ka mea 2I/Borisov, he comet interstellar i ʻike ʻia i kekahi mau mahina i hala.
Ua ʻike ʻia ke kino i kapa ʻia ma ka hopena o ʻAukake i kēia makahiki e ka mea kilo astronomer Gennady Borisov e hoʻohana ana i kahi telescope 65-cm o kāna hoʻolālā ponoʻī. Ua lilo ka comet i mea ʻelua i ʻike ʻia ma hope o ka asteroid 'Oumuamua. i ka hāʻule o 2017 me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka telescope Pan-STARRS 1 ma Hawaii.
Hōʻike ka nānā ʻana he huelo nui ko comet 2I/Borisov - he ala elongated o ka lepo a me ke kinoea. Ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui ʻia ma kahi o 160 tausani km.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka comet interstellar ma kahi liʻiliʻi loa mai ka Honua i ka lā 8 o Kekemapa: i kēia lā e hala ʻo ia i ko mākou honua ma kahi mamao o 300 miliona km.
Mai kona loaʻa ʻana, ua hiki i nā loea ke loaʻa ka ʻike hou e pili ana i ka mea. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo kona kumu he 1,6 km ākea. ʻO ke kuhikuhi o ka neʻe ʻana o ka comet mai ka hui hōkū ʻo Cassiopeia ma kahi kokoke i ka palena me ka hui ʻo Perseus a kokoke loa i ka mokulele o ka Milky Way.
Source: 3dnews.ru