by Astronomers with Las Cumbres Observatory have captured a new image of the recently-discovered giant comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein).
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is named after two University of Pennsylvania astronomers, Pedro Bernardinelli and Professor Gary Bernstein, who spotted it in archival images from the Dark Energy Survey.
Also known as C/2014 UN271, the comet is estimated to be between 100 and 200 km across, or about 10 times the diameter of most solar system comets.
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is not expected to become naked-eye bright: it will remain a telescopic object because its closest distance to the Sun will still be beyond Saturn. It will reach its closest approach to the Sun in January 2031.
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Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is named after two University of Pennsylvania astronomers, Pedro Bernardinelli and Professor Gary Bernstein, who spotted it in archival images from the Dark Energy Survey.
Also known as C/2014 UN271, the comet is estimated to be between 100 and 200 km across, or about 10 times the diameter of most solar system comets.
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is not expected to become naked-eye bright: it will remain a telescopic object because its closest distance to the Sun will still be beyond Saturn. It will reach its closest approach to the Sun in January 2031.
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