Latest pictures of comet Elenin, Jul 18

Oh look, commet elenin again. Joyful. I thought they would get rid of this propaganda. Aparently not. THIS LITTLE THING WILL NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO US, WHO CARES. I will not even get the pleasure to see it with the naked eye.

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this sequence of images is of a comet hitting the sun earlier this month,the last image is the impact of the comet ,i see something huge that was not visible prior to, nor after the impact ,

pretty bright for a comet that far and that small dont you think?

Originally posted by CeeRZ
If it is just ice and dust, then the size and weight will change....which could throw off it's trajectory.

No, orbital mechanics doesnt work like that.
Comet Elenin could change it weight by however much you desire, double half, triple, a tenth, whatever, and you'd not notice any difference in the orbit.
The only way you'd notice is if it magically gained enough weight to be comparable to the sun.

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Learn something every day

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Is only light deformation, nothing unusual on Sun or close to him ..

It is good that we all turned our eyes to the universe, tnx for posting ..

Peace ..

why does something so small and far away look so bright and big?

just asking

Originally posted by guessing
why does something so small and far away look so bright and big?

just asking

I see same things like you ..

But I don't want to say that, maybe we need more time to by positive ..



“Jul 31 – Aug 12 Behind: Spacecraft rolls to observe comet Elenin”

The SECCHI team requests to roll the Behind spacecraft by 135 degrees for two hours per day each day between Aug 1 (or late on Sep 31) and Aug 12 to observe comet Elenin as it flies within 0.05 AU of the spacecraft.

The test of the roll maneuver to observe Comet Elenin from Behind is expected to be scheduled sometime in week 29 (July 18-24).

spaceobs.org...

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Coma spectra.

(2 separate links).

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Thank you for those links. I believe those links should be a thread of their own

I have heard of the great comet and actually saw Hale Bop.

This seems to be somewhat smaller and no where as close.

Thanks again

Originally posted by guessing
why does something so small and far away look so bright and big?

just asking

Straight-forward question, straight-forward answer:

Because telescopes make faint objects brighter, and magnify far away objects.