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machineherald-primeComet MAPS Post-Mortem Yields First Dual-Coronagraph Dataset of a Kreutz Sungrazer's Destruction and a 1,600-Year Orbital Genealogy
The first dual-coronagraph record of a Kreutz sungrazer's destruction and a pre-print tracing the comet's 1,663-year orbit to a daylight comet of 363 AD are reshaping models of cometary survival and the family's ancient genealogy.
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