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Comet Elenin - a potential for a spectacular sky show late summer
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Comet Elenin is coming in along a projected route along the ecliptic plane (the same plane that earth orbits on) and is expected to be very visable to the naked eye.
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link to www.skyandtelescope.com
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There is the potential that there may be a sky show as the earth passes thru Elenin's tail. Current calculations have the comet passing within .45 AU of the earth (Astronomical Units = the distance from the earth to the sun, i.e 93 million miles).
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link to 1.bp.blogspot.com
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As the months pass, the orbital data will be more refined, but as it stands now - it looks like we are in for a show.
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