Hi everyone! I'm a long-time lurker here, learning and trying to make sense of everything. This is a great thread for learning about everything solar...

I know this isn't directly related, but sort of...there are some threads tonight saying that the Deep Impact satellite is spinning out of control. Not too unusual, it's lasted a long time past it's original mission. But a quote in the news release was of interest - the scientist telling about DI said that ISON will FALL INTO (fly into) the sun...and all I've seen is that the orbit shows it will round the sun and fly back out of the solar system.

Any thoughts? I would have linked the thread, but not sure how...