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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: Hadrian on 12/05/2006 12:14:34

Title: Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Post by: Hadrian on 12/05/2006 12:14:34

BBC:
The next few nights offer you a great chance to witness the demise of a comet that could be making its last ever swoop past Earth.

Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 orbits the Sun and Jupiter every 5.4 years but has been disintegrating for at least a decade. The largest fragments are bright in the night sky until 14 May.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4754797.stm

Now the comet is in more than 60 pieces, astronomers are unsure it can survive another close approach to the Sun without burning up completely.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/comets/


 


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Title: Re: Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Post by: ROBERT on 15/05/2006 14:47:07

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi24.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc23%2FSUEDONIM%2F2006-18-a-web_print.jpg&hash=83634d405350a5aa9aaaa23347abfdea)

Title: Re: Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Post by: Hadrian on 16/05/2006 18:38:47

Thanks ROBERT cool images
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.activity4life.com%2Fphoto%2Fogen.gif+&hash=2c1964dfcc92f9b06406076e26ea0ebb)





What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.