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A Good Year to Find a Comet

Comet P/2014 C1 seen from Argentina's Pierre Auger Observatory on 4 February 2014
Comet P/2014 C1 seen from Argentina

EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 February 2014.  A team of European astronomers has found a previously unknown comet, detected as a tiny blob of light orbiting our Sun deep in the Solar System.

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Europe’s Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey team has been credited with discovering comet P/2014 C1, named ‘TOTAS’ in recognition of the teamwork involved in the find.

The comet was unexpectedly discovered on 1 February during a routine set of observations…

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