comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein) . astrochemistry
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The First Detection of Molecular Activity in the Largest Known Oort Cloud Comet: ALMA Imaging of C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein) at 16.6 au from the Sun

by Keith Cowing

We report observations of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein) carried out on UT 2024 March 8 and 17 at a heliocentric distance (rH) of 16.6 au using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter […]

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