Comet A117uUD Exits Solar System

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Comet A117uUD

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Saturn threw a comet out of the solar system at 6,700 mph. Here's how

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Comet A117uUD will exit the solar system at a speed of around 6,710 miles per hour ( 10,800 km /h) The comet was discovered on June 14, 2024 , by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) Researchers were able to use 142 observations of the comet to "wind back" its orbit around the sun.

The meeting with Saturn in 2022 put the comet on a flattened or elliptical orbit that will fling it out into interstellar space.

Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World , New Scientist , Astronomy Magazine , All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science . He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics . Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University . Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst..