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The Exploding Comet is also known as Comet 17p/Holmes, which, for reasons not completely known, had a million fold increase in brightness on October 23, 2007, making it visible to the naked eye.
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Fast Facts:
- Scientists speculate that the comet has an unconventional nucleus which periodically exposes certain amounts of its icey core to the sun, causing the explosion
- A smiliar event with Comet 17p/Holmes in 1892 was recorded by astronomer Edwin Holmes, whom the comet was named after
- The increase in the comet's luminosity is expected to last weeks or possibly months
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The Exploding Comet is also known as Comet 17p/Holmes, which, for reasons not completely known, had a million fold increase in brightness on October 23, 2007, making it visible to the naked eye.
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Exploding Comet Questions
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Could a comet impact the earth, since it is most frozen water? 1 Answer"The nucleus of a comet is a ball of ice and rocky dust particles that resembles a dirty snowball. The ice consists mainly of frozen water but may include other... read more -
Is there evidence of comet elements that thousands contributed 50 percent of the water on the earth? 1 AnswerI dunno what the percentage is, but, yes, there is some good evidence that at least some water on the earth came from comets. The earth's EM field doesn't repel... read more
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A comet is coming to destroy Earth? 6 AnswersApophis asteroid, close encounter with Earth?http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/2004MN4_Sormano.gif Nick, are you prepared? The most probable s... read more
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Fast Facts:
- Scientists speculate that the comet has an unconventional nucleus which periodically exposes certain amounts of its icey core to the sun, causing the explosion
- A smiliar event with Comet 17p/Holmes in 1892 was recorded by astronomer Edwin Holmes, whom the comet was named after
- The increase in the comet's luminosity is expected to last weeks or possibly months
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