Incredible Comet Bigger than the Sun


	Incredible Comet Bigger than the Sun

splendidus

11-16-2007 2:34 PM

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11-17-2007 6:16 AM

LunaRosa

Wow, I hope I will manage to see it in the sky of Rome, but with the lights of the city I doubt I will.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/40163eaf-f8e9-4b8b-85a1-2b386cd7da78/17118383-7F9D-410C-B6B4-B0C7D321A45E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-holmes_jewitt-02.jpg&cap=Comet+Holmes+(left)+from+the+3.6-meter+Canada-France-Hawaii+telescope+on+Mauna+Kea+showing+the+coma+at+869,900+miles+(1.4+million+kilometers)+in+diameter.+The+white+%27%27star%27%27+near+the+center+of+the+coma+is+in+fact+the+dust-shrouded+nucleus+of+the+comet.The+sun+and+the+planet+Saturn+are+shown+at+the+same+scale+for+comparison.+Credit%3A+University+of+Hawaii/CFHT+(comet);+NASA/Voyager+(Saturn);+NASA/ESA/SOHO+(sun)" href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-holmes_jewitt-02.jpg&cap=Comet+Holmes+(left)+from+the+3.6-meter+Canada-France-Hawaii+telescope+on+Mauna+Kea+showing+the+coma+at+869,900+miles+(1.4+million+kilometers)+in+diameter.+The+white+%27%27star%27%27+near+the+center+of+the+coma+is+in+fact+the+dust-shrouded+nucleus+of+the+comet.The+sun+and+the+planet+Saturn+are+shown+at+the+same+scale+for+comparison.+Credit%3A+University+of+Hawaii/CFHT+(comet);+NASA/Voyager+(Saturn);+NASA/ESA/SOHO+(sun)" style="font-size: 11px;">www.space.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-holmes_jewitt-02.jpg&cap=Comet+Holmes+(left)+from+the+3.6-meter+Canada-France-Hawaii+telescope+on+Mauna+Kea+showing+the+coma+at+869,900+miles+(1.4+million+kilometers)+in+diameter.+The+white+%27%27star%27%27+near+the+center+of+the+coma+is+in+fact+the+dust-shrouded+nucleus+of+the+comet.The+sun+and+the+planet+Saturn+are+shown+at+the+same+scale+for+comparison.+Credit%3A+University+of+Hawaii/CFHT+(comet);+NASA/Voyager+(Saturn);+NASA/ESA/SOHO+(sun)"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.space.com/img/B22CF8BB-E61D-49C9-AB1F-5691CF62EF30" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-holmes_jewitt-02.jpg&cap=Comet+Holmes+(left)+from+the+3.6-meter+Canada-France-Hawaii+telescope+on+Mauna+Kea+showing+the+coma+at+869,900+miles+(1.4+million+kilometers)+in+diameter.+The+white+%27%27star%27%27+near+the+center+of+the+coma+is+in+fact+the+dust-shrouded+nucleus+of+the+comet.The+sun+and+the+planet+Saturn+are+shown+at+the+same+scale+for+comparison.+Credit%3A+University+of+Hawaii/CFHT+(comet);+NASA/Voyager+(Saturn);+NASA/ESA/SOHO+(sun)"><FONT size="2" face="arial" color="#000000">Comet Holmes (left) from the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Mauna Kea showing the coma at 869,900 miles (1.4 million kilometers) in diameter. The white ''star'' near the center of the coma is in fact the dust-shrouded nucleus of the comet.The sun and the planet Saturn are shown at the same scale for comparison. Credit: University of Hawaii/CFHT (comet); NASA/Voyager (Saturn); NASA/ESA/SOHO (sun)</FONT></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html" href="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.space.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html"> The sun remains by far the most massive object in the solar system, with an extended influence of particles that reaches all the planets. But the comparatively tiny Comet Holmes has released so much gas and dust that its extended atmosphere, or coma, is larger than the diameter of the sun.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html">Separately, a new Hubble Space Telescope <A href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-comet-hubble-02.jpg&cap=The+Nov.+1+photo+at+left%2C+by+an+amateur+astronomer%2C+shows+Comet+Holmes%27+coma+consists+of+concentric+shells+of+dust+and+a+faint+tail.+The+Hubble+image+at+right%2C+made+Nov.+4+and+enhanced+to+reveal+details%2C+reveals+the+bow-tie+appearance+created+by+twice+as+much+dust+existing+along+the+horizontal+direction.+Credit:+NASA%2CESA%2C+and+H.+Weaver+%28The+Johns+Hopkins+University+Applied+Physics+Laboratory%29%3B+Alan+Dyer">photo of the comet</A> reveals an intriguing bow-tie structure around its nucleus.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html">You can find it by using <A href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071115-holmes-map-02.jpg&cap=The+location+of+Comet+Holmes+on+various+dates+is+superimposed+on+this+amateur+astronomer%27s+image.+Credit:+NASA%2FESA%2FT.+Dickinson%2C+Ontario%2C+Canada">this sky map</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html"> It is faintly visible from cities,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071115-comet-holmes-size.html">On Monday, Nov. 19, the comet will create a unique skywatching event </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/17118383-7F9D-410C-B6B4-B0C7D321A45E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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