by Sebastian | Sep 18, 2019 | Cool Rocks, Interstellar
On August 30, 2019, amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov made a fascinating discovery when he detected a comet set on a rather odd path. From his very own MARGO observatory located in Crimea, Borisov spotted Comet C/2019 Q4 approximately 3 AU from the Sun. The Minor...
by Sebastian | Jun 8, 2019 | Cool Rocks
Every 75 years, Halley’s Comet traverses our planetary neighborhood, providing an astonishing spectacle of beaming light before drifting back into the Solar System. It is the most famous comet identified by mankind, having first been observed by Chinese astronomers...
by Sebastian | Jun 6, 2019 | Cool Rocks
On January 17, 1786, French astronomer Pierre Mechain discovered Comet Encke, but it wasn’t until 1819 when German astronomer Johann Franz Encke calculated its trajectory that the object became officially recognized. Comet Encke orbits our Sun once every 3.3 years,...
