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- John_Brady December 2011
- Scubi December 2011
- Stephen December 2011
comet lovejoy's fiery demise
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poor old comet lovejoy is about to plunge into the sun within the next 12hrs! looking forward to the satellite images.
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I just heard it managed to survive its fiery encounter, and has emerged on the other side. Comet 1/Sun 0 :-)
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yea i just seen that too! i didnt think it would!
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NIce video of Comet Lovejoy going past the Sun to emerge on the other side. I like the way it wriggles from the solar wind, awesome stuff. http://astronomycentral.co.uk/
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yea its cool video! tough little comet lives to see another day! :)
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This was certainly a lucky escape for Lovejoy and fantastic pictures too.
Can somebody answer me a question though?
I aways understood the tail of a comet always pointed away from the sun due to the solar winds. Even when travelling away from the sun, the tail would be in front of a comet, but the tail of Lovejoy appears to stay in the line of travel (though obviously you can not see the head) as it emerges from behind the sun. Am I mistaken or is this some sort of visual distortion going on here?
