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Dr. Raphael Marschall
spacemarschall.net
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#Comet (Centaur) *29P/Schwassmann-
Wachmann 1* orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Saturn at around 6 au (~900 million km, see below). A new paper by Pereira et al. has now constrained its orbit to an accuracy of 260 km! Isn't that incredible?
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.16358
#planetaryScience #SciComm 🧪🔭
2024-11-26T08:55:06.852Z