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Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible

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Cool.

If space is a vacuum, then how do all the tiny particles get pulled off as it travels?
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Evaporation and solar wind.
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Is it visible to the naked eye? If so, from where?

I love comets. Seeing Halle-Bopp in the sky for so long years ago was one of the highlights of my life!

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da page w/da pic wrote:Right now, however, a new comet has brightened unexpectedly and is visible as a faint streak to the unaided northern observer in the eastern morning sky just before sunrise. Binoculars may help.
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FJohnSharp wrote:Cool.

If space is a vacuum, then how do all the tiny particles get pulled off as it travels?
They don't get "pulled off" - actually, the comet's tail points away from the sun, and doesn't trail behind the motion of the comet as if it were smoke trailing behind a ballistic object. As was already mentioned, the solar wind is responsible for the tail.
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djm wrote:"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
- George W. Bush
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not very
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edit: to add "not very" link
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fyffer wrote:
FJohnSharp wrote:Cool.

If space is a vacuum, then how do all the tiny particles get pulled off as it travels?
They don't get "pulled off" - actually, the comet's tail points away from the sun, and doesn't trail behind the motion of the comet as if it were smoke trailing behind a ballistic object. As was already mentioned, the solar wind is responsible for the tail.
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