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To: Errant

Is not ISON just a melt away from being nothing? No mass really to it at all?


63 posted on 03/02/2013 8:29:00 PM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

I’ve seen estimates of 1 to 10km. Nothing official...


64 posted on 03/02/2013 8:36:18 PM PST by Errant
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Just saw a post on ATS of a tweat attributed to Nick Howes of the Remanzacco Observatory stating that ISON's nucleus has been estimated to be approximately 20 km across.

That puts it well above average and should mean it will put on a great show this fall, if true.

65 posted on 03/02/2013 9:29:40 PM PST by Errant
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