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An Argument for a Kilometer-Scale Nucleus of C/2019 Q4

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2019-09-18 v2

Abstract

C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), discovered by Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019, is tentatively an interstellar comet. We show that a kilometer-scale nucleus would provide consistency with both `Oumuamua and CNEOS-2014-01-08, resulting in a single power-law distribution with an equal amount of mass per logarithmic bin of interstellar objects.

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@article{arxiv.1909.07286,
  title  = {An Argument for a Kilometer-Scale Nucleus of C/2019 Q4},
  author = {Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07286},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Accepted for publication on Sep 16 (2019)