Last year’s Thanksgiving adventure for astronomers happened when - TopicsExpress



          

Last year’s Thanksgiving adventure for astronomers happened when Comet ISON passed within 1.2 million kilometres (750,000 miles) of the Sun. While many people were hoping the comet would stick around and produce a good show, the comet disintegrated despite a brief flare-up shortly after passing perihelion. Read more: universetoday/113299/ison-stopped-making-dust-just-before-it-passed-by-the-sun-and-disintegrated/#ixzz37kvj6SJ4
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:00:01 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015