Godlike Productions - Reply to Thread

Users Online Now: 2,391 (Who's On?)	Visitors Today: 1,339,814
Pageviews Today: 2,237,047	Threads Today: 902	Posts Today: 15,919
09:06 PM

REPLY TO THREAD

Subject Comet ISON has sprouted a tail... What the heck does that mean? Good or Bad?

User Name

Font color: Font:

In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.

Original Message Okay, does a tail mean it is slowing down, growing, speeding up?

Anyone know?

[link to spaceweather.com]

[link to www.jpl.nasa.gov]

From spaceweather...Comet ISON doesn't look very impressive now as it glides through the cold vacuum more than 600,000 km from Earth, but its appearance will improve later this year. On Nov. 28th, ISON is going to glide through the sun's atmosphere only 1.1 million km above the stellar surface. It could emerge from the encounter glowing as brightly as the full Moon, visible in broad daylight near the sun. If so, today's budding tail would likely grow into a garish appendage that wows observers in both hemispheres--no telescope required. Stay tuned for updates.

Pictures (click to insert)





\| Next Page >>