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LOOK UP! Comet ISON could EXPLODE in our Skies – Astronomers

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:37
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Promised piece of night-sky shininess may not last, we’re warned

Comet ISON could break up into itty-bitty pieces long before it gets closer to the Sun, selfishly denying us all the opportunity to see it shine brightly in the night sky.

The comet is currently visible in the predawn sky, but it may not be there for long if astroboffins from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the Astronomical Institute at Ludwig Maximilian University are right.

In a post on the International Astronomical Union’s Comets and Asteroids Facebook page, the scientists reported spotting “wings” coming from the comet, which may suggest that the nucleus has broken up.

“The coma wings suggest the presence of two or more sub-nuclei with individual expanding atmospheres in the overall cometary coma and may indicate nucleus splitting in the comet,” they said.

Watch:: COMET ISON – The Worst – Case Scenario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt4Va9I7Fa8&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLZdsn89GMYLQNQY2_O2AmbDJtBzhJhq8k

Amateur astronomer Waldemar Skorupa’s shot of ISON on 16 November.
Credit: Waldemar Skorupa (Kahler Asten, Germany), via spaceweather.com

The Register

Read more here:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/18/comet_ison_may_fragment/

 

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