https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/13/death-of-a-comet/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:12:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://habitablezone.com/2013/12/13/death-of-a-comet/#comment-28857 SteveS Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:44:56 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=41327#comment-28857 I was fooled by the flare up after perihelion, hoping with widened eyes it survived. Ison was roughly the same size as Lovejoy and Lovejoy's orbit was closer to the sun, the odds looked good. I guess the odds won't be so good for the next Oort Cloud sun grazer, especially if it hasn't been around getting a sun tan. I was fooled by the flare up after perihelion, hoping with widened eyes it survived.
Ison was roughly the same size as Lovejoy and Lovejoy’s orbit was closer to the sun, the odds looked good. I guess the odds won’t be so good for the next Oort Cloud sun grazer, especially if it hasn’t been around getting a sun tan.

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