Consider it a cosmic coincidence?? On Nov 18-19, two comets (ISON and Encke) are going to fly by the planet Mercury in quick succession. NASAs Messenger spacecraft will have a front-row seat for the rare double flyby. Around the world, astronomers are buzzing with anticipation over the approach of Comet ISON. On Thanksgiving Day, Nov 28, 2013, the icy visitor from the outer solar system will skim the suns outer atmosphere and, if it survives, could emerge as one of the brightest comets in years.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:28:30 +0000
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