“We’re still waiting, but experts are losing optimism” – wrote on his Twitter NASA Solar System.
still waiting, but experts are losing optimism
In the last hours of the comet lost its brightness. Kosmonauta.net portal gives even the latest comments suggested that the comet disintegrated before it reached perihelion.
NASA experts while connecting “live” they said satellite images at the moment you can not see the comet. They suggest that may evaporate, but point out that you should wait for more accurate data.
Comet ISON
ISON, namely C/2012 S1 many months ago, has been hailed by scientists comet of the century as one of the brightest in history. “Astronomy Now”, the largest astronomical British magazine, called waiting for the appearance of a comet “an event that happens once in a lifetime civilization” which can outshine the famous comet Halle – Bopp in 1997. The comet is now visible to the naked eye and today reaches perihelion, the closest to the Earth should be found around Christmas. While survive.
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following: direct transmission from the flight comet ISON within 1.8 million km from the Sun:
Snow White in a bonfire
– It’s like a snowball throw by the fireplace – describes the event Tim O’Brien of Jodrell Bank Observatory, belonging to the University of Manchester. – The prevailing around it (the comet – ed.) The temperature will rise even more, they will decrease the distance from the star – he explains.
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– Fortunately, there is quite a large and moving very quickly – he stresses. According to the researchers ISON has merged nucleus with a diameter of about 5 kilometers. If scientists are wrong on its nucleus, has a chance to get out alive – says O’Brien.
fascinated from the beginning
Since when astronomers noticed on September 21 last year, the sky Comet ISON, all the observatories in the world Follow her flight. is called a comet of the century, as scientists have a chance to become the brightest object in the sky.
ISON was discovered by two astronomers – Vitaly Nevsky Cathedral in Belarus and Artyom Nowiczonoka from Russia. Because of its orbit, the researchers speculate that it may come from the time of the formation of our solar system. Its composition can enhance researchers’ understanding of the processes that took place then.
Comet ISON. Photo of the hour. 16.50
Comet ISON. Photo of the hour. 15:30
Flight comets around the Sun (NASA)
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