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(meteorobs) Re: Possible breakup of Hale Bopp nucleus??



This was posted on the astro list today...thought you all would find it
interesting?
George Zay

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 There has been some false reports of a nucleus breakup of Comet Hale-Bopp.
 What is being observed is not a nucleus breakup, but the formation of a
shell 
 that expands away from the comet.  For more information on this,
 see Mark Kidger's writeup at:
 
 http://newproducts.jpl.nasadot gov/comet/news38.html
 
 Ron Baalke
 
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