Comet comes within 75,000 miles of the Sun - and survives!
Erik Tracy
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/take-that-icarus-comet-shows-you-can-get-really-close-to-sun-and-survive-amazing-astronomers/2011/12/16/gIQAd6BGyO_story.html
"Cool" :cheesygrin:
"Cool" :cheesygrin:
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Obviously not enough global warming to destroy it.DKG999
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Wow! That's really cool...that's a pretty badass comet!!The nirvana inducer-
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"Lovejoy didn’t exactly come out of its hellish adventure unscathed. Only 10 percent of the comet — which was probably millions of tons — survived the encounter"
Sounds to me like Lovejoy could have afforded to lose a little weight.Sal Palooza -
That thing must have been MOVING to get through that. And HUGE.
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Thanks for shareing.
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what about:
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Cupid
Donner
Blitzen
Rudolf
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That's one bad mama. I'd hate to meet that comet in a dark alley.
