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Originally posted by ThorsBrother
Surely if it were a comet, or lager as we suggest, we would be able to see it from any hemisphere by now, bigger than Haley in 97(?)
Originally posted by flexy123
Originally posted by ThorsBrother
Surely if it were a comet, or lager as we suggest, we would be able to see it from any hemisphere by now, bigger than Haley in 97(?)
No you wouldn't. It was speculated whether Elenin would even be visible (even "intact")..and the general notion was that it would probably not be visible with the naked eye.
This is another reason why Elenin was never a significant comet.edit on 13-9-2011 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by charlyv
reply to post by GEORGETHEGREEK
From: spaceobs.org...
"On images from Sept. 1st in the comet’s coma there was no condensation visible, and that meant the comet had already broken up into fairly small pieces, with a maximum size of not more than a hundred meters."
Good article here on what to expect later this month.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by GEORGETHEGREEK
Well to be fair astronomers have said that this is its first time entering the inner solar system. This also isn't the first time we have seen this happen to a comet.