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Venus and Comet Pojmanski 3/3/06

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:22 am
by orin stepanek
Wow! I wasn't aware of a new visitor.


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060303.html

here are a few more pictures I found on the net.

http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/200 ... tures.html

Orin

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:52 pm
by orin stepanek
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060306.html

Doesn't the color of the comet's corona give us a clue as to it's composition? The aqua blue color is quite striking.

Also the fact that the comet wasn't discovered until January shows how vulnerable Earth may be to impact from stellar objects.

Orin