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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Fri Nov 29, 2013, 09:27 PM Nov 2013

Comet ISON Rise of the Phoenix C/2012 S1 Perihelion

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Comet ISON Rise of the Phoenix C/2012 S1 Perihelion (Original Post) WillyT Nov 2013 OP

Great, time to reset the alarm clock arcane1 Nov 2013 #1

Awesome! NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #2

So glad it has survived. alfredo Nov 2013 #3

Me Too... Gotta See The Data Over The Next Few Days... But I'm Hopeful... WillyT Nov 2013 #4

Clouds kept me from viewing, so I am hoping for clear skies. alfredo Nov 2013 #10

So now the question is how bright will it be? hootinholler Nov 2013 #5

That Is What They Are Trying To Determine Over The Next Few Days... WillyT Nov 2013 #6

or where is it going? rtassi Nov 2013 #7

Well it was close to escape velocity coming in hootinholler Nov 2013 #8

So... it's not ice? RobertEarl Nov 2013 #9

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Great, time to reset the alarm clock

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 09:31 PM

Nov 2013

But seriously, this is great news!

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

2. Awesome!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 09:50 PM

Nov 2013

alfredo

(60,085 posts)

3. So glad it has survived.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:31 PM

Nov 2013

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

4. Me Too... Gotta See The Data Over The Next Few Days... But I'm Hopeful...

Reply to alfredo (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:36 PM

Nov 2013

alfredo

(60,085 posts)

10. Clouds kept me from viewing, so I am hoping for clear skies.

Reply to WillyT (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 10:19 AM

Nov 2013

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

5. So now the question is how bright will it be?

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:56 PM

Nov 2013

Did it lose too much ice?

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

6. That Is What They Are Trying To Determine Over The Next Few Days...

Reply to hootinholler (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 12:07 AM

Nov 2013

We await the info.

rtassi

(629 posts)

7. or where is it going?

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Sat Nov 30, 2013, 12:19 AM

Nov 2013

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

8. Well it was close to escape velocity coming in

Reply to rtassi (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 12:29 AM

Nov 2013

All it needs is a little boost, but it's path is tilted to the plane of the solar system so it's unlikely to get one at this point.

Once they have the speed nailed down we'll know if it will return or not, but if it does it will be like 700,000 years.

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

9. So... it's not ice?

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 03:30 AM

Nov 2013

Just read a new theory about this thing.... what we see is some kind of electrical 'burn'. The electricity is solar electricity, and as this rock got closer to the sun it reacted more, ie, burned brighter.

Then as it got up close, the electrical charge, being nearly equal on its path, there was less burn. IOW, the sun has several layers of electrical charges which increase in charge the nearer the sun.

Ison could have a polar opposite charge to the sun's?

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