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arxiv: 1810.12766 · v1 · submitted 2018-10-30 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP

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Have we missed an interstellar comet four years ago?

Piotr A. Dybczy\'nski (1) , Ma{\l}gorzata Kr\'olikowska (2) ((1) Astronomical Observatory Institute , Faculty of Physics , A.Mickiewicz Univ , Pozna\'n , Poland , (2) Space Research Centre , Polish Academy of Sciences
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New orbit for C/2014 W10 PANSTARRS is obtained. High original eccentricity of e = 1.65 might suggest an interstellar origin of this comet. The probable reasons for missing this possible important event is discussed and a call for searching potential additional observations in various archives is proposed.

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