Interstellar Comet gb00234
Abstract
We report the identification of an interstellar minor body in the stream of astrometric positions that are being submitted to the Minor Planet Center. The body labelled gb00234 was initially identified on 8 September 2019 at 04:15 UT by our software "Interstellar Crusher" (custom Python code that operates on Bill Gray's Find Orb), which monitors the Possible Comet Confirmation Page performing a real-time search for hyperbolic orbits among newly discovered minor bodies.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019ATel13100....1G
- Keywords:
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- Comet