Thanks! I hadn't considered the direction of the tail at all...iamlucky13
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- Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Encke's Tail Ripped Off (APOD 03 Oct 2007)
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- Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:28 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Encke's Tail Ripped Off (APOD 03 Oct 2007)
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This is spectacular. A friend just posed the question: if each frame in the movie spans 45 minutes then how come there is not more parallax 'drift' between the comet and the background stars? Is it just a fortunate configuration of the comet's orbit, the spacecraft's orbit and the rotation of the sp...