Comet 29P is
part of a group of comets called the Centaurs which
orbit between Saturn and Jupiter.
Besides being one of
the largest known comets at 37 miles across, it’s the
second most active body in our Solar System after
Jupiter’s mighty moon Io.
The eruptions on Comet 29P are
unpredictable and securing telescope time to do
systematic monitoring is difficult.
Contributor and EU advocate, Gareth Samuel, host of
"See
the Pattern", deconstructs the strange features of Comet
29P and uses data from amateur astronomers who bring out
their telescopes whenever required and observe whenever
they choose.
