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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Weird, Tiny Comet Survives Solar 'Death Dive', Brightens | Video

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"Unofficial orbit solution puts this comet at ~4 solar radii on Feb. 19th (2015). That's insanely close," according to the Naval Research Lab's Karl Battam. Comets of this size seldom survive such a close encounter. The Solar and…Read More »




Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) discovered this object.

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