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Comet Lemmon, disconnected tail?
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08-02-2013, 06:31 PM
Outbackmanyep
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Yep, it's a disconnection event, it's affected by the solar wind changing polarity, ie: the comet crossing the heliospheric current sheet.
Funnily enough, Terry Lovejoy captured one on his latest image of L4 PanStarrs too.
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