Two comets to fly by Mercury
What are the odds? On Nov. 18th and 19th not one but two comets will fly by the planet Mercury.
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2013
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News tagged with comet ison
A six-minute journey to study Comet ISON
In an example of an extremely tight turnaround, a NASA-funded team has spent six months preparing for a mid-November launch to observe Comet ISON during a six-minute sounding rocket flight. The Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle ...
Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2013
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NRL-developed telescopes await the approaching comet ISON
When Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), a so-called Sungrazing comet, sweeps by the Sun on November 28, 2013, telescopes developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will be lined up for a spectacular front row view.
Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2013
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Comet at dawn
(Phys.org) —Soon after its discovery in late summer of last year, the media hyped ISON to be the comet of the millennium. At the time when it is expected to come closest to the Sun, on 28 November 2013, it is supposed to ...
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2013
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Why is comet ISON green?
Undoubtedly, you've been seeing the recent images of Comet ISON now that it is approaching its close encounter with the Sun on November 28. ISON is currently visible to space telescopes like the Hubble and amateur astronomers ...
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2013
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Incoming comet ISON appears intact to Hubble
(Phys.org) —A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON suggests that the comet is intact despite some predictions that the fragile icy nucleus might disintegrate as the Sun warms it. The comet will pass closest to the ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2013
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Will comet ISON survive its brush with the Sun?
(Phys.org) —The much-anticipated close approach of comet ISON to the Sun this November may be spectacular as viewed from Earth, but it's unlikely to spell the end of the comet, according to a numerical-simulation study ...
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2013
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Is comet ISON disintegrating?
Astronomer Ignacio Ferrin, FACom researcher, analyzed the most recent observational data of Comet ISON and has identified clear signatures of what he has called an "impending demise." The so-called light-curve of the comet ...
Space Exploration
Oct 6, 2013
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Comet ISON and Mars imaged together during close approach
Comet ISON made its closest approach to Mars yesterday (October 1, 2013) at a distance of 10.5 million km (6.5 million miles). While we await to find out if attempts to image the comet by spacecraft on the surface (update: ...
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2013
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Comet ISON goes green
As NASA and the European Space Agency prepare their remote photojournalists – Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers – to capture photos of Comet ISON's flyby of Mars early ...
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2013
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