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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:16 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

UPDATE: Comet ISON lives!

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 – It’s 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 NASA’s 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/

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
UPDATE: Comet ISON lives! (Original post)	WillyT	Nov 2013	OP
And This...	WillyT	Nov 2013	#1
It's the Captain Jack Harkness of Comets	The Straight Story	Nov 2013	#2
I never did hear what Ison was made of.	RobertEarl	Nov 2013	#3
Some Info Here:	WillyT	Nov 2013	#4
Zombie comet? Rut-roh...	pinboy3niner	Nov 2013	#5
Scientists baffled by mystery object? They probably just came to recharge their hyperdrive	Baclava	Nov 2013	#6
Wooohoo!	Agschmid	Nov 2013	#7
It faked its own death	Adenoid_Hynkel	Nov 2013	#8
Thanks for update	Gothmog	Nov 2013	#9
its a klingon warship here to rescue some damn whales	dembotoz	Nov 2013	#10
Bout time! eom	MoonRiver	Nov 2013	#11
Rendezvous With Rama. Back to the inky black depths of space with you!	randome	Nov 2013	#12
Check out its trajectory on new years eve	Ichingcarpenter	Nov 2013	#13
so i hope that this means of all the things out there that could give us a syfy movie planet ending	dembotoz	Nov 2013	#14
The big "Ahh, baby, baby!" is rolling in now!	Eleanors38	Nov 2013	#16
To be renamed Comet Twain	hootinholler	Nov 2013	#15

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:28 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

1. And This...

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:47 AM

The Straight Story (48,121 posts)

2. It's the Captain Jack Harkness of Comets

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:55 AM

RobertEarl (13,685 posts)

3. I never did hear what Ison was made of.

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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 [strike]large as earth[/strike]? 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?!?!?

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:22 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

4. Some Info Here:

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/07/us/comet-ison-5-things/index.html

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:36 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

5. Zombie comet? Rut-roh...

Coming soon to SyFy: Zombie Cometnado!

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:53 AM

Baclava (11,292 posts)

6. Scientists baffled by mystery object? They probably just came to recharge their hyperdrive

everybody wave

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 04:12 AM

Agschmid (28,746 posts)

7. Wooohoo!

I am taking the comet out for drinks!

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 04:22 AM

Adenoid_Hynkel (14,093 posts)

8. It faked its own death

and now goes by the name Comet Tony Clifton

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:27 AM

Gothmog (115,800 posts)

9. Thanks for update

I hope we can figure out what this comet was made of

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:34 AM

dembotoz (15,073 posts)

10. its a klingon warship here to rescue some damn whales

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:38 AM

MoonRiver (36,925 posts)

11. Bout time! eom

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:47 AM

randome (34,845 posts)

12. Rendezvous With Rama. Back to the inky black depths of space with you!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:50 AM

Ichingcarpenter (36,988 posts)

13. Check out its trajectory on new years eve

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.

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:54 AM

dembotoz (15,073 posts)

14. so i hope that this means of all the things out there that could give us a syfy movie planet ending

it prob will not be this thing
all hail the other axis.....

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 12:08 PM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)

16. The big "Ahh, baby, baby!" is rolling in now!

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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 12:04 PM

hootinholler (26,449 posts)

15. To be renamed Comet Twain

Because reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.

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