Thursday, May 5, 2011

A 'wimpy' comet?

Comet Elenin - Preview of a Coming Attraction


Well, there's a new comet on the way, and there's plenty of time to prepare, but unfortunately NASA's comet expert Yeomans thinks this is going to be a dark target, based on current behavior. Now, we could hope that the little snowball sublimes off a layer of soot and suddenly starts shedding a lot of dust, and gets a lot brighter. That'd be nice.

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