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HCTC Professor Makes Galactic Disclosure

 

Dr. Jeremy Wood, tenured teacher of Physics and Astronomy at Hazard Community and Technical College, as of late made a cosmic disclosure, which was acknowledged into a logical diary.

"The enormous revelation was that, over here, there is a sure boundary, called the Perihelion Barrier." He said, referring to his blackboard. "What I found was that if a Centaur would cross an obstruction, here, then, at that point, because of a solitary close methodology, it could change into a Jupiter-Family comet."

Dr. Wood says that this 'Perihelion Barrier' is situated around 6.3 cosmic units from the sun and Jupiter is around 5.2 units. Earth, being the gauge, is one unit from the sun.

Dr. Wood's examination was as of late acknowledged into 'The Astrophysical Journey.'

The interaction was not a simple one for Dr. Wood.

"Following two years of work, and examination and virtual experiences, I presented the article to the Journal and through a long interaction that happened for about a year, they at last acknowledged it." He said.

He said the work merited the award.

"I'm incredibly content with the outcome. I found this boundary that nobody has found previously. So that was an extremely intriguing revelation, and I desire to discuss it at a logical meeting later on in October." Dr. Wood said.

Dr. Wood is as of now zeroing in on his next project, which is concentrating on comets around Uranus, called 'Trojans.'

He likewise needed to support anyone with any interest at all in going into science. "You can make it happen, you simply need to never surrender." 


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