Abnormally high alcohol and mystery heat source detected on comet wirtanen

Comet 46P/Wirtanen was releasing an unusual amount of alcohol as it made its historic flyby of Earth two and a half years ago. That’s one of the findings from the latest published study comet detectives conducted after observing 46P/Wirtanen with W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in HawaiĘ»i.


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Source: Phys.org