Comet ISON fizzles out

Pete

It seems that any hope that comet ISON would be visible again from Earth is dwindling. Hope centred on the fact that after it emerged from its journey around the Sun it seemed to be brightening but this was only temporary it seems and now it is beginning to fade away again.

For more information on its current status go to:

http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/a-trail-of-questions

Have we seen the last of Comet ISON?

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Published by Pete

I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

3 Comments

  1. The reason it appears smaller and dimmer is because it is moving away from the camera. This comet was 21 miles long. The comet that killed the dinos was 6 miles wide. Comet Ison is still coming, just in large chunks. Wait and listen when the start talking about meteor storms instead of meteor showers.

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    1. Thanks for your comment and let’s hope you are right. NASA gave a statement on the 3rd in which they announced that comet ISOn was no more as it had been destroyed when it passed by the sun.

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