Thread: Comet Elenin
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Old 05-09-2011, 09:19 PM
t.i.w.
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it is strange that it is assumed to be disintegrating because it is apparently losing brightness and elongating...yet it is too close to the ecliptic to see it with a strong enough scope to see the nucleus. thought we weren't sure exactly how these long period comets act?
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