(meteorobs) Error in USA WEEKEND -- Bill Cooke Responds!

[Bomber2 Panther]

All is not lost, wait for the post conjunction reports, this will be a good indication of how it's performing, who's to say it will or won't make it or what will happen to it between now and perihelion?
It's exciting but I just wish that all this speculation could be put to bed.

I hope it all goes well and I expect to get my first visual around early to mid September.

Cheers,
Chris Wyatt
Walcha, NSW, Australia

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> From: Skywayinc at aol.com 
> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:10:48 -0400 
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Error in USA WEEKEND -- Bill Cooke Responds! 
> 
> Right after I posted the E-Mail concerning the error in USA WEEKEND, 
> Bill Cooke responded to clarify what actually was meant. -- joe r. 
> 
> Hi Joe! 
> 
> Actually, there was some confusion I think. I mentioned comet breakups, 
> such as Biela and SW-3, and then pointed out that sun grazer nuclei 
> tended to disintegrate, like Comet Lovejoy in December 2011. There is 
> good evidence that the nucleus of Kohoutek did partially disintegrate, 
> which would be a reason for its poor post perihelion performance; it is 
> even in the Wikipedia article "… However, Kohoutek's display was 
> considered a let-down,[3] possibly due to partial disintegration when 
> the comet closely approached the sun prior to its Earth flyby...". My 
> bet was that the nucleus of ISON would disintegrate, which got 
> translated into "broke up". Unfortunately, I did not get to see the 
> article before it was posted. While I agree that the nucleus of 
> Kohoutek did not split into fragments, it did not make it past its 
> relatively close perihelion unscathed. 
> 
> However, this may all be moot, as ISON's brightening rate has flattened 
> out over the past 100+ days. This is disappointing, as I have been 
> wishing for a really bright comet for several years now. 
> 
> Kind regards, 
> Bill Cooke 
> Meteoroid Environments Office 
> EV44, Marshall Space Flight Center 
> 
> Office: (256) 544-9136 
> Fax: (256) 544-3060 
> William.J.Cooke at nasa.gov<mailto:William.J.Cooke at nasa.gov> 
> 
> 
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