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Old 16-01-2010, 04:51 PM
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Comet near the Sun
The comet was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Alan Watson
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100116.html
see also http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=alan+watson
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A nice discovery.

From what the article was saying it had a short but spectacular life.
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It must have been a hot comet!
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