This was a really cool article. It turns out that comet ISON actually broke apart, as some of the scientists suggested. It was stretched by the sun's gravity, and was pronounced "dead." It would have been really cool to see the comet. As predicted, the comet did come very close to the sun on Thanksgiving Day. I think that it is interesting that this comet was spotted over a year ago, yet we have only heard about it recently. It is amazing that this comet could be 4.5 billion years old. Also, ISON is going super fast. I wonder if regular comets travel so fast. Another thing I noted was that the picture was taken with the Hubble space telescope. Another article reffered to the giant Magellan telescope being built, one that can give you images ten times sharper. If we had used that telescope to take a picture of ISON, what would it look like? Overall, I think this was a very interesting article.
I loved reading this article. When I was reading I instantly thought about what could have previously happened to have thrown this chunk of ice at an increasing rate. Could there possibly be something more massive and destructive than we ever thought on a course towards Earth. Along its way it may bring many other comets much like this one. I wonder if the Giant Magellan Telescope could detect this object.
This was an interesting article. I think that it was coincidental that the comet's fate would come on thanksgiving. I now wonder - if the comet had been traveling at a higher speed, and had been possibly a little bigger and had been spinning the other way (they way mentioned that would have shot the comet back into space), could it have harmed Earth? Will ISON's fate start a chain reaction that could cause other space objects to harm Earth?
Angela, I partly disagree with you! After a short bit of research I found that yes, PART of ISON was destroyed but some experts believe that a chunk of ISON survived its encounter with the sun, although its final fate is still unknown.
First, I just want to say that "Oort cloud" is a really cool name. Now to the actual article. I never knew that there was a frozen region on the outer parts of our solar system. I think that the scientists studying this and the writers of this article missed something important: Is there life in this area? If it is ice, that means that it is water, and that means that there is most likely bacteria there. With the new Giant Magellan Telescope mentioned in another article, I hope that the operators look into this area.
Next, I want to talk about the actual comet. I can't believe that nobody noticed it for a few months. And it's also cool that it was made off ice, although that is the reason that it was destroyed when passing close to the sun. It was going over 28 miles per second, which is pretty fast. If another object like this were to head for the earth and not the sun, and astronomers weren't able to detect it until it was around Mars or a little farther, we would have no way to prepare for it.
These facts show that we should definitely be watching the Oort cloud and trying to find what we can from the little our universe provides us with.
When I was reading some of the comments, Lilah said that she found that a bit of ISON was still in tact. As she was responding to one of my posts, I felt I should reply. It turns out that many scientists think ISON was destroyed because it was not visible during its closest approach to the sun. However, photos taken from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows that part of ISON came away from the sun, maybe a little bit of nucleus. So, sorry for what my earlier post may have suggested to you.
I loved reading this article. Even though you hear this kind of stuff every day, it is still very intriuging for me. It is pretty amazing how this comet is about the same age as the earth, and has been seen about two weeks ago.
This was an amazing article. Is it possible that something bigger and more deadly could crash into the earth. I really hope not. Another thing is I love the name Oort Cloud.
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This was a really cool article. It turns out that comet ISON actually broke apart, as some of the scientists suggested. It was stretched by the sun's gravity, and was pronounced "dead." It would have been really cool to see the comet. As predicted, the comet did come very close to the sun on Thanksgiving Day. I think that it is interesting that this comet was spotted over a year ago, yet we have only heard about it recently. It is amazing that this comet could be 4.5 billion years old. Also, ISON is going super fast. I wonder if regular comets travel so fast. Another thing I noted was that the picture was taken with the Hubble space telescope. Another article reffered to the giant Magellan telescope being built, one that can give you images ten times sharper. If we had used that telescope to take a picture of ISON, what would it look like? Overall, I think this was a very interesting article.
I loved reading this article. When I was reading I instantly thought about what could have previously happened to have thrown this chunk of ice at an increasing rate. Could there possibly be something more massive and destructive than we ever thought on a course towards Earth. Along its way it may bring many other comets much like this one. I wonder if the Giant Magellan Telescope could detect this object.
This was an interesting article. I think that it was coincidental that the comet's fate would come on thanksgiving. I now wonder - if the comet had been traveling at a higher speed, and had been possibly a little bigger and had been spinning the other way (they way mentioned that would have shot the comet back into space), could it have harmed Earth? Will ISON's fate start a chain reaction that could cause other space objects to harm Earth?
Angela, I partly disagree with you! After a short bit of research I found that yes, PART of ISON was destroyed but some experts believe that a chunk of ISON survived its encounter with the sun, although its final fate is still unknown.
I forgot to add to my last comment: If you want to take a look at the link that I found the info on here it is:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/29/us/ison-comet/
First, I just want to say that "Oort cloud" is a really cool name. Now to the actual article. I never knew that there was a frozen region on the outer parts of our solar system. I think that the scientists studying this and the writers of this article missed something important: Is there life in this area? If it is ice, that means that it is water, and that means that there is most likely bacteria there. With the new Giant Magellan Telescope mentioned in another article, I hope that the operators look into this area.
Next, I want to talk about the actual comet. I can't believe that nobody noticed it for a few months. And it's also cool that it was made off ice, although that is the reason that it was destroyed when passing close to the sun. It was going over 28 miles per second, which is pretty fast. If another object like this were to head for the earth and not the sun, and astronomers weren't able to detect it until it was around Mars or a little farther, we would have no way to prepare for it.
These facts show that we should definitely be watching the Oort cloud and trying to find what we can from the little our universe provides us with.
When I was reading some of the comments, Lilah said that she found that a bit of ISON was still in tact. As she was responding to one of my posts, I felt I should reply. It turns out that many scientists think ISON was destroyed because it was not visible during its closest approach to the sun. However, photos taken from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows that part of ISON came away from the sun, maybe a little bit of nucleus. So, sorry for what my earlier post may have suggested to you.
I loved reading this article. Even though you hear this kind of stuff every day, it is still very intriuging for me. It is pretty amazing how this comet is about the same age as the earth, and has been seen about two weeks ago.
This was an amazing article. Is it possible that something bigger and more deadly could crash into the earth. I really hope not. Another thing is I love the name Oort Cloud.
I can't believe that the comet actually broke apart. I thought that the comet would be ricochet back into space. Overall, I agree with Angela though
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