Wow...looking forward to that if predictions are true. Graham
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ron/List, > > Given the length of the current arc (270 days), and the consistency of > the > photometry over that time, I will go out on a limb and say that this > will > almost certainly become the brightest comet that has ever been seen -- > by > a significant margin -- by most people alive today. > > What's particularly amazing is how close this comet will come to Mars > around October 1st next year -- less than 7 million miles! Hopefully > NASA/JPL will have plans in the works to schedule instrument pointing > and imaging of the comet using the suite of sensors both on and in orbit > around the Red Planet. For Mars, this will be a northern hemisphere > comet -- certainly visible from both rovers. --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron > Baalke > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:57 AM > To: Meteorite Mailing List > Subject: [meteorite-list] Big Sun-diving Comet Discovered: Comet C/2012 > S1(ISON) > > > > Space Weather News for Sept. 25, 2012 > http://spaceweather.com > > SUNDIVING COMET: Astronomers are paying close attention to a > newly-discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON), which is heading for a > remarkably close encounter with the sun. Fierce solar heat could turn > Comet ISON into a bright naked-eye object in Nov. > 2013. First images and speculation about the comet are highlighted on > today's edition of http://spaceweather.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
