The first confirmed interstellar comet, was discovered by Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019. A little later will be added in "Celestia Origin".
Unzip to folder "Extras". Enjoy.
2I/Borisov - first interstellar comet
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Topic authorArt Blos
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New data about size - between 2 and 16 kilometers. I entered an average value of 9 kilometers. The trajectory is updated.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7498
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7498
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The comet has been officially assigned an interstellar object index! I updated the trajectory and refined the current size estimate.
https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/
https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/
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