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UPDATE: Comet ISON lives!By Nicole Mortillaro - Global News
November 28, 2013 5:41 pm

This photo of Comet ISON was taken by NASA's SOHO spacecraft at 00:18 UTC. Clearly something of ISON remains after its close encounter with the sun. NASA/SOHO
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TORONTO Its been one heck of a roller coaster ride.
As astronomers, both professional and amateur, tuned in to astronomy sites and blogs around the world on Thursday, it looked like the sun had killed Comet ISON.
However, much to the surprise of astronomers on Thursday including those at NASA around 4 p.m., EST images from NASAs Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) showed that something had survived the trip.
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Link: http://globalnews.ca/news/997084/the-end-of-ison-not-quite/


WillyT
(72,631 posts)The Straight Story
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RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:28 AM - Edit history (2)
If it has a density far greater than ice it would make sense it survived.
And what size is it? Read somewhere it was nearly as large as earth? Ok, saw it is has gone from just 5km to 2 km. Guess what I remembered is the coma was very large. From coma comes comet. Or is it from comet comes coma? But that sure is one big coma.
One track I saw was that earth would converge with Ison coming closer, just more than a few LD's (LD being the distance from moon to earth, iirc.)
We do live in interesting times. I don't believe we have had such a close encounter in our near history.
Too bad we don't have some astronomers on this site?!?!?
WillyT
(72,631 posts)pinboy3niner
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Baclava
(12,047 posts)everybody wave
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I am taking the comet out for drinks!
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)and now goes by the name Comet Tony Clifton
Gothmog
(157,853 posts)I hope we can figure out what this comet was made of
dembotoz
(16,922 posts)MoonRiver
(36,974 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]
Ichingcarpenter
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After dropping off its sperm on the sun for the new baby sun it still might give us a show.
Be sure to observe the z axis.
dembotoz
(16,922 posts)it prob will not be this thing
all hail the other axis.....
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Because reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.