If The Sun Doesn’t Blast It, Comet ISON Will Soon Light Up The Sky

CBS ^ | September 10, 2013 5:35 PM | Mike Shuh

[BenLurkin]

BALTIMORE (WJZ)— A comet looping behind the sun could emerge this fall as a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, or it may not. Mike Schuh has more on what he calls the “intergalactic snowball.”

Educators have a different take.

“It’s called Comet ISON,” said Jim O’Leary of the Maryland Science Center.

NASA provided an image of ISON (agove). It has a small head and a big tail.

“That tail can get tens of millions of miles long, so it’s huge,” O’Leary said.

And if it doesn’t bust apart it will be visible for weeks, from December in through January.

[BenLurkin]

"IF"

[doc1019]

Soon to be renamed “St. Trayvon”.

[BenLurkin]

Hmmmm.

I’m thinking that these kind of comments are why the previous thread went “poof”

[TigersEye]

Either that or the thread got too close to the sun.

[doc1019]

Mayhap you are right, mayhap you are wrong ... speculation without proof is just that, speculation.

Not sure which thread was pulled ... all the ones I have been privy to concerning a new comet are still around.

[RegulatorCountry]

It has a small head and a big tail.

Sounds like any number of Democrats, from Michael Moore to Michelle Obama.

[al baby]

Only if the sun blasts it then okay

[NormsRevenge]

THis is the big one, Elizabeth!! (/rfoxx)

[NormsRevenge]

Hubble's view of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) on April 10, 2013. This image was taken in visible light.
The blue false color was added to bring out details in the comet structure.
Credit:NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute),
and the Hubble Comet ISON Imaging Science Team

[VeniVidiVici]

NASA provided an image of ISON (agove). It has a small head and a big tail.

Seen it.

[BenLurkin]

Excellent!

[Mastador1]

That can’t be it, that one has a big head and even bigger tail!

[Ezekiel]

Comet eyes-on SION ping.

[redheadtoo]

if it doesn’t bust apart

If it flies to close to the sun they should rename it, Comet Icarus!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3065213/posts

[martin_fierro]

*guffaw*

[GeronL]

If the sun doesn't blast it it would not be possible to "light up the sky". The author has to realize it is the sun "blasting it" that makes comets light up, right??

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Soon to be renamed “St. Trayvon”.

I wonder how much I owe his momma for my reproductions of her son's trademarked likeness every morning?

[LonePalm]

Little head and big tail?

I was thinking along the lines of Komet kardashian.

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