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(meteorobs) New Bright Comet Alert!




    From another list. regards, Bruce

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> >Subject: [amastro] Re: New near-Sun comet


> >Although Bill Bradfield's new bright comet could potentially become
> >visible from mid-northern latitudes toward the end of the month,
> >there is already a fly in the ointment.
> >
> >Based on the preliminary orbital elements and reported magnitudes,
> >the comet seems to be an intrinsically faint one. Some years ago I
> >published a study of the post-perihelion survival of comets with
> >small perihelion distances. The study demonstrated that there was a
> >very definite relationship between perihelion distance, intrinsic
> >brightness, and a comet's post-T survival or non-survival.
> >
> >As things stand right now, Comet Bradfield's brightness seems to
> >place it below the survival threshold. If this is so, we may well
> >actually be able to witness its demise via SOHO images as it rounds
> >the Sun next week.
> >
> >John Bortle



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