Venus and Comet Pojmanski 3/3/06

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Venus and Comet Pojmanski 3/3/06

Post by orin stepanek » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:22 am

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

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Post by orin stepanek » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:52 pm

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.

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