64: Almost A Good Comet
May 07, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 64
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
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Things we talked about in this episode:
Atlas: comet C/2019 Y4
ATLAS, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System
Hubble watches Atlas breaking up!
Comet McNaught in 2007
Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997
Halley’s Comet in 1986
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