Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013
A comet approaching the Sun is seen in this video. Coming from about the direction of four o'clock.
Such comets that fall into the Sun are not too rare, about a dozen do that in a year. This comet is one of the Kreutz family of comets that just don't seem to be having much fun in the Solar system and keep going for the Sun.
Luckily comet ISON is expected to survive it's approach to the Sun, as its' size (0.5 km wide) gives hope it won't evaporate completely at it's closest to the Sun.
Such comets that fall into the Sun are not too rare, about a dozen do that in a year. This comet is one of the Kreutz family of comets that just don't seem to be having much fun in the Solar system and keep going for the Sun.
Luckily comet ISON is expected to survive it's approach to the Sun, as its' size (0.5 km wide) gives hope it won't evaporate completely at it's closest to the Sun.
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