Three years ago, a comet flew by without anyone noticing. Its belated discovery shows how easily they can be missed, says Philip Ball.
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1.Mäkinen,J. T. T. et al. Discovery of a comet by its Lyman-alpha emission. Nature 405, 321 - 322 2000.
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Ball, P. Comet, what comet?. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000518-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000518-9