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Table 4.

Ten potentially strongest stellar perturbers of C/2017 K2 in order of their increasing comet–star minimal distances.

Star name M* γ dmin Tmin Vrel
1 GJ 217.1 2.4 0.239 1.31 −0.85 7.65
2 HIP 30344 0.79 0.056 1.31 −1.57 10.71
3 GJ 208 0.51 0.040 1.41 −0.49 9.02
4 HD 49015 1.4 0.029 1.55 −1.52 31.05
5 GJ 1049 0.51 0.016 1.56 −0.62 20.34
6 HD 43947 1.2 0.026 1.75 −0.66 26.41
7 HIP 27887 0.74 0.014 1.98 −0.40 26.16
8 HD 37594 1.7 0.117 2.02 −1.87 7.19
9 HD 54958 1.5 0.032 2.07 −1.22 22.84
10 GJ 120.1ABC 1.48 0.022 2.12 −0.47 31.45

Notes. For each star we present their estimated mass M* in solar masses, minimum distance dmin between a comet and a star in parsecs, an epoch Tmin of this approach in Myrs and a relative velocity Vrel in km s−1. Parameter γ = M*/(dmin · Vrel) is the theoretical approximate measure of the stellar perturbation strength but the actual perturbation also strongly depends on the geometry of the encounter.

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