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Comet Holmes...size of nucleus?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:47 pm
by rollovermikey
Does anyone know how big the nucleus of Comet 17P/Holmes is? You know, like 2 miles wide, 20 miles, etc.?

Re: Comet Holmes...size of nucleus?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:05 pm
by Case
Starrymirror.com seems to think it is 3.5 km (2.2 miles).

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:27 pm
by craterchains
and some think it is about 3.4km, , ,

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

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