The Highly Unusual Behavior and Chemical Composition of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

arXiv:2608.23701 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-08-24

Updated: 2026-08-24

Comments: 26 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in the Planetary Science Journal

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 29× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 22× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 10× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Active Regions — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Homogeneity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hubble Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Provenance — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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