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Kamikaze Comet Loses its Head
Headless comet D1 SOHO photographed in evening twilight on Feb. 28. The comet survived its Feb. 19 perihelion passage but soon after crumbled apart to form a cloud of glowing dust. Credit: Michael Jaeger
Like coins, most comet have both heads and tails. Occasionally, during a close passage of the Sun, a comet’s head will be greatly diminished yet still retain a classic cometary outline. Rarely are we left with nothing but a tail. How eerie it looks. Like a feather plucked from some cosmic deity floating down from the sky. Welcome to C/2015 D1 SOHO, the comet that almost didn’t make it. (…)
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© Bob King for Universe Today, 2015. |
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Post tags: Boonplod, Comet C/2015 D1 SOHO, coronagraph, Cowart, soho
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you can’t see the stars from space…….more great NASA graphics.